"leave it be" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-leave it be.ogg [Australia] Forms: leaves it be [present, singular, third-person], leaving it be [participle, present], left it be [participle, past], left it be [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> it be}} leave it be (third-person singular simple present leaves it be, present participle leaving it be, simple past and past participle left it be)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of let it be Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: let it be [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (allow something to follow its natural course): 就這樣吧 (Chinese Mandarin), 就这样吧 (jiù zhè yàng ba) (Chinese Mandarin), 由它去吧 (yóu tā qù ba) (Chinese Mandarin), 随它去吧 (suì tā qù ba) (Chinese Mandarin), 順其自然 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺其自然 (shùnqízìrán) (Chinese Mandarin), anna olla (Finnish), deixar estar (Galician), იყოს (iq̇os) (Georgian), нека (neka) (Macedonian), остави (ostavi) (Macedonian), ако (ako) (Macedonian), deixar estar (Portuguese), não mexer (Portuguese), пусть бу́дет так (pustʹ búdet tak) (Russian), пусть так и бу́дет (pustʹ tak i búdet) (Russian), оста́вь как есть (ostávʹ kak jestʹ) (Russian), eppadi irrugiratho appadiye irukkatam (Tamil)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "deixar estar"
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      "word": "нека"
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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "остави"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "ако"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "deixar estar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "não mexer"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "пусть бу́дет так"
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      "word": "пусть так и бу́дет"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostávʹ kak jestʹ",
      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "оста́вь как есть"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "sense": "allow something to follow its natural course",
      "word": "eppadi irrugiratho appadiye irukkatam"
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