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leaps and boundsConsiderably; significantly.Rate it:
learn by heartTo memorize.Rate it:
least said, soonest mendedHurt feelings are most quickly healed by not discussing the event giving rise to the hurt.Rate it:
leather workingThe technology of making products from leather.Rate it:
leather-lungedPossessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.Rate it:
leave a sour taste in one's mouthTo give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.Rate it:
leave behindTo abandon.Rate it:
leave for deadTo abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.Rate it:
leave for deadTo disregard or bypass as unimportant.Rate it:
leave homeTo stop living with one's parents.Rate it:
leave it at thatTo agree that there has been enough discussion, study, etc. and that it is time to stop.Rate it:
leave it beTo allow something to follow its natural course.Rate it:
leave me alonestop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my lifeRate it:
leave no stone unturnedTo do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.Rate it:
leave no stone unturnedTo search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place.Rate it:
Leave No Stone UnturnedMake all efforts to accomplish any task or somethingRate it:
leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:
leave nothing to the imaginationTo cover or hide very little or nothing.Rate it:
leave offTo omit.Rate it:
leave offTo desist; to cease.Rate it:
leave offTo stop with a view to resuming at a later point.Rate it:
leave outTo omit, to not include, to neglect to mentionRate it:
leave overTo allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.Rate it:
leave overGive over; stop it!Rate it:
leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:
leave somebody holding the bagTo abandon somebody, leaving the responsibility or blame.Rate it:
leave somebody in the lurchTo abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.Rate it:
leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:
leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:
leave someone holding the bagTo abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame.Rate it:
leave someone holding the bagTo remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.Rate it:
Leave Someone Holding the BagTo fully accuse someone for something when the accusation is equally shared and applied to somebody else as wellRate it:
leave someone in the lurchTo abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.Rate it:
leave someone out in the coldTo fail to provide someone with support; to neglect or ignore.Rate it:
leave to one's own devicesTo leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.Rate it:
leave well enough aloneTo leave something alone; to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.Rate it:
leave well enough aloneTo leave something alone; to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficientRate it:
leave well enough aloneIf things are fine, then leave the situation alone; don't do anything to disturb the current situation.Rate it:
leave you into the dirtSomeone pushes you away, and forgets you.Rate it:
leaves of three let it beDon't touch a plant with a cluster of three leaves because it might be poison ivy.Rate it:
left and rightAll over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.Rate it:
left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:
left fieldThe defensive position in the outfield to the left.Rate it:
left holding the bagBeing blamed for something.Rate it:
left me out thereConfused, lost; not understanding the situation.Rate it:
Left Out in the ColdTo ask someone to get out of the room so that he may not listen something important, ignored and left outRate it:
left turnUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see left, turn.Rate it:
left turnAn unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.Rate it:
left, right and centerAll over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.Rate it:
left-handed complimentA complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.Rate it:

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