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leave someone in peace
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Idioms and Phrases
Avoid disturbing or bothering someone, as in It's best to leave Dean in peace when he's paying the bills . This expression uses peace in the sense of “undisturbed,†a usage dating from the early 1200s. Also see leave one alone ; let be .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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