L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[leave it at that] {v. phr.}
To avoid further and more acrimonious disagreement; not argue or discuss any further.
Our opinion on health care is obviously different, so let's just leave it at that.
[leave no stone unturned] {v. phr.}
To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. — Usually used in the negative.
The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers.
Compare: [ALL OUT], [BEND HEAVEN AND […]
[leave off] {v.}
To come or put to an end; stop.
There is a high fence where the school yard leaves off and the woods begin.
Don told the boys to leave off teasing his little brother.
* /Marion put a marker in her book so that she would know […]
[leave one's mark] {v. phr.}
To leave an impression upon; influence someone.
Tolstoy never won the Nobel Prize, but he left his mark on world literature.
See: [MAKE ONE'S MARK].
[leave open] {v. phr.}
To remain temporarily unsettled; subject to further discussion.
Brad said that the question of health insurance would be left open until some future date.
[leave out] {v. phr.}
To skip; omit.
The printer accidentally left out two paragraphs from Alan's novel.
[leave out of account] {v. phr.}
To fail to consider; forget about.
The picnic planners left out of account that it might rain.
Contrast: [TAKE INTO ACCOUNT].