let be

Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

What kind of decisions do you let be delegated away?

From The Verge • Nov. 16, 2021

If we let be her salary and be the number of hours she has worked, we could model this situation with the equation .

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

“There’s just two things that I won’t ever let be questioned and that’s character and work ethic,” Leonard said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2020

This is the world I let be created.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2020

"Will you let be such vanity and catering to sinful worldliness, Stephen Hopkins?" demanded that unfortunate man's wife, with asperity.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

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