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  • Live and let live
    Live and let live
    We should live the life we choose and allow others to do the same.
  • live and let live
    live and let live
    Show tolerance for those different from yourself. For example, I'm not going to tell my sister what to do—live and let live, I say. [First half of 1600s]
Synonyms

Live and let live

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  1. We should live the life we choose and allow others to do the same.

live and let live Idioms  

  1. Show tolerance for those different from yourself. For example, I'm not going to tell my sister what to do—live and let live, I say. [First half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

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Indeed, many social and religious conservatives adopted a libertarian philosophy: Live and let live.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2022

Live and let live won’t always do, and privacy isn’t necessarily the highest good.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 9, 2019

What about "Live and let live"? Our western-centric way of thinking cant seem to allow people to be the way they want.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

Why not try this: Live and let live?

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2016

Live and let live, sez I, and if you’ll call off your bad-men I’ll agree not to talk to the sheriff.”

From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane

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