to let alone (In Old English also lǽtan án, Middle English †let one.) To abstain from interfering with or paying attention to (a person or thing)…

transitive. With noun, adjectival, or adverbial complement. To allow or cause to remain in a specified condition; not to change from being…

to let be (dialect let-a-be; †also contracted labee, labbe). absol.

to let be (dialect let-a-be; †also contracted labee, labbe). To leave undisturbed, not to meddle with; to abstain from doing (an action); to…

to let (a person or thing) yworth: to allow (a person) to act freely or independently in a matter or situation; to leave or let (a person or thing)…

to let (something) stand: to leave off or discontinue (something); to abstain from interfering with (something); to leave (something) alone.

to let dwell: to let (things) remain as they are, let alone, let be. Obsolete.

to leave to oneself (also itself): to leave (a person or thing) alone or undisturbed; to allow to proceed without help or interference.

Chiefly Scottish (in later use chiefly Orkney and Shetland). let be for let be = let-a-be for let-a-be at a-be, v. phrases. Cf. sense 20a.

Of things: To remain, be left. to let a thing bide: to leave it where it is; to leave it alone for the present, to let it stand over.