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leave well enough alone

To leave something alone; to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient
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We should have left well enough alone when we had it working the first time.

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Submitted by acronimous on July 19, 2011

Additional definitions for 'leave well enough alone':

leave well enough aloneTo leave something alone; to avoid attempts to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient.
leave well enough aloneDo not interfere, change, disturb, get involved or try to make a situation better because you might make a situation worse; (also known as "let well enough alone" "leave well alone and "let well alone")
leave well enough aloneIf things are fine, then leave the situation alone; don't do anything to disturb the current situation.
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dejar lo suficientemente bien solo

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leave somebody holding the bagleave to one's own devicesmay as wellleave someone high and dryleave somebody in the lurchnot enough room to swing a catleave you into the dirtleave someone holding the bagmake like a tree and leaveleave overne'er do wellmight as wellleave somebody high and dryne'er do well

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