He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
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Let alone
Synonyms for "let alone" (120 found)
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exceptingexcludingexclusive offight shyfight shy offorbearforgogive place togoldbrickgoof offhold aloofhold aloof fromhold backhold offin addition toin conjunction withincludinginclusive ofjumpkeep aloof
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keep away fromkeep backkeep clear ofkeep fromkeep hands offkeep in handkeep remote fromleaveleave aloneleave beleave loose endsleave undoneleave well enough alone
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leaving outlet belet danglelet golet go bylet well enough alonelinked tolive and let livemake way formalingermissnever touchnot butt innot get involvednot interferenot make wavesnot meddlenot meddle withnot tampernot to mention
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not touchnot useomitomittingoppose changeoutside ofover and abovepass overpass upplusprecludingpretermitprocrastinaterefrainrefrain fromreservesavesave and exceptsavingshirkshunskipslacksparestand aloofstand aloof fromstand patstand stillstay detached fromsteer clear ofthantogether withtrifleturn away fromunlesswaivewithwithholdwithout
Adverb(1 words)
not to mention
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My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […].
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At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power.
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I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
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