leave to the imagination

English

Verb

leave to the imagination (third-person singular simple present leaves to the imagination, present participle leaving to the imagination, simple past and past participle left to the imagination)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) Not to reveal.
   1. (of information) To omit, to leave out, to leave unstated.

      The new members of the crime organization got the most dangerous jobs. I'll leave the specifics to your imagination.

   2. (of clothes) To cover.

      He stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.