let be

1. Leave undisturbed, refrain from interfering with. For example, Stop fussing with the tablecloth; let it be, or, as A.E. Housman put it in A Shropshire Lad (1896): “Will you never let me be?” [Second half of 1100s] Also see leave someone alone; leave someone in peace.

Example Sentences

“Such evil cannot let be,” Kostin said.

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“I was totally in my own world and having a really beautiful moment that I will never forget or let be,” she said about Emmys night.

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And that was something that was important for me to not let be put to the side, or laid to waste or watered down in any way.

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Sunglasses I love the personality of them, and what you’re choosing both to see and let be seen.

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What kind of decisions do you let be delegated away?

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