let alone

Idioms  

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]

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let alone

“I didn’t know who James Baldwin was. I didn’t know who Josephine Baker was. I didn’t know the significance of the Berlin Wall. I had never been out of the country, let alone Louisiana.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

“You’re Gonna Learn” is reggae-influenced at a time when that wasn’t a widely known, let alone embraced, genre in American rock, and they manage to pull it off without embarrassing themselves.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Why would anyone give an agent his bank credentials, let alone credit-card info?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Pensions in the private sector have become almost obsolete, and Americans are struggling to cover everyday expenses, let alone save enough money for their old age.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She would never make it back in time to cook fifty pieces of frybread, let alone one hundred.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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