let well enough alone

Idioms and Phrases

see leave well enough alone .

Example Sentences

The police tended to let well enough alone.

From Washington Post

"We oughta let well enough alone."

From Literature

"We oughta let well enough alone."

From Literature

And because nothing can ever be let well enough alone in this godforsaken age, the actress and activist Mia Farrow waded into the debate to demand that Melania Trump get angry about her husband’s swipe at climate activist Greta Thunberg.

From Washington Post

“Fair enough,” said Mr. Popper, who wanted to ask for transfers in that case, but decided to let well enough alone.

From Literature

Related Words

• abandon
• avoid
• forgo
• forswear
• renounce
• shun
• shy away from
• swear off