leave well enough alone

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to allow something to stay as it is because doing more would not improve it I thought about rewriting the letter, but I decided to leave well enough alone.

See also: alone, enough, leave, well

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It was with difficulty that Werper finally persuaded him to leave well enough alone and continue his way from the ancient city of the Sun Worshipers. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			leave on leave one to fate leave one to own devices leave oneself wide open for leave open leave open the possibility of leave out leave out in the cold leave out of leave something to be desired leave standing leave the door open leave the field clear for leave the nest leave the room leave to leave to chance leave to it leave to own devices leave to stew leave to tender mercies leave to twist in the wind leave up leave up in the air leave well alone leave well enough alone leave with leave word leave word for leaving so soon? lecture lecture at lecture for leer at left left and right left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing left, right and centre leg leg up leg up on legend legend in own time legislate legislate against legislate for legwork leisure lend lend a hand lend a hand with			leave to it leave to own devices leave to stew leave to tender mercies leave to the mercy leave to the mercy leave to the wolves leave to their own devices leave to their own devices leave to their own devices leave to their own devices leave to twist leave to twist leave to twist leave to twist leave to twist in the wind Leave Transfer Program Leave Travel Allowance Leave Travel Concession leave undone leave unfinished leave unlawfully leave unregarded leave up leave up in the air leave well alone leave well alone leave well alone leave well alone leave well alone leave well enough alone leave with leave with an impression Leave with Income Averaging Leave With Pay Leave Without Pay Leave Without Pay - Employee Sick leave word leave word Leave Word Calling leave word for Leave You Far Behind Leave Your Mark Leave-In-Time Leave-no-trace Leave-One-Out Classification Error Leave-One-Out Covariance Leave-One-Out Likelihood Leave-One-Out Method Leave-One-Out-Cross-Validation leave-taking leave-takings Leave/Temporary Duty leaved leaved leaved leaved leaved Leaveless leaven leaven

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