leave well enough alone
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]leave well enough alone (third-person singular simple present leaves well enough alone, present participle leaving well enough alone, simple past and past participle left well enough alone)
- To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate.
- Synonym: leave well alone
- We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.
Usage notes
[edit]The usual form of the expression in the UK is leave well alone.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate
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