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leave well enough alone

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leave well enough alone
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
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