leave be

Meaning

1. Oxford10% of films

   to leave sb / sth alone without disturbing them or it

In the movies · 100

• If I was you, I'd ponder on letting him be.Red River1948
• Schmendrick, let her stay the way she is. Let her be.The Last Unicorn1982
• Leave it be. She doesn't have to know how we do this.House of Games1987
• Leave him be! Leave him be!Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• Eric, leave him be.Poltergeist2015
• Leave him be!Michael Collins1996
• Shall I Leave me beThe Favourite2018
• Leave 'em be.The Mist2007

Learn it in full scenes

• The Mist2007
  • The Mist Reaches the Store
  • David Argues With His Neighbor
  • David Argues the Mist Is Real

From the same entry

• the be - all and end - all
• as was
• been and done
• if it wasn't for
• - to - be
• is what it is
• the bee's knees
• have a bee in your bonnet
• the birds and the bees
• as busy as a bee

More idioms

• way back
• go to bed with
• day by day
• learn the hard way
• jump to conclusions
• from scratch
• behind the scenes
• lend a hand
• ups and downs
• by far
• in over your head
• i bet