let alone

1. See leave someone alone .

2. Not to mention, as in We have no room for another house guest, let alone an entire family . [c. 1800]

Example Sentences

“I gave up a long time ago the idea that a film can change people’s lives, let alone their politics,” Redford said in a 2007 Playboy interview.

From Los Angeles Times

To be fair to the quipster, it would have been difficult to engage the front row from that far let alone project to the back of the room.

From BBC

“There is no safe place in Gaza, let alone a humanitarian zone. It is a large and growing camp concentrating hungry Palestinians in despair,” Lazzarini wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Their demands have not been met because they don’t ask for, let alone demand, anything.

From Salon

“For that matter, who’d have thought a band with such a fractious history and spotty track record would still be together at this point, let alone still visiting the States?”

From Los Angeles Times