Meaning Of Let Alone Do Something In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of let alone in English

let alone

phrase Add to word list Add to word list C1 used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened: Some people never even read a newspaper, let alone a book. He could hardly touch his knees, let alone his toes. There wasn't enough to keep us occupied for an afternoon, let alone the whole weekend. I barely had time to take a shower, let alone make home-cooked meals. I wouldn't want to be in the same room as that woman, let alone date her. See also let adverb (Definition of let alone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

let alone do something | American Dictionary

let alone do something

idiom Add to word list Add to word list and to an even greater degree do something: Brian would never even read a newspaper, let alone a book.

Note:

• Used to emphasize the extreme nature of an action.

let someone/something alone

idiom (also let someone/something be) to not annoy or interrupt someone: Just let her alone – she’s not bothering you. (Definition of let alone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of let alone

in Chinese (Traditional) （用於否定句後表示強調）當然不會，更不用說… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （用于否定句后表示强调）当然不会，更不用说… See more in Spanish y mucho menos… See more in Portuguese sem falar em… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian şöyle dursun, bir şeyin başka bir şeyden daha da imkansız olduğunu vurgulamada kullanılır, … şöyle dursun… See more sans parler de… See more laat staan… See more nemluvě o… See more for slet ikke at tale om… See more apalagi… See more ไม่พูดถึง… See more không đề cập đến… See more nie wspominając o, a co dopiero, nie mówiąc już o… See more för att inte tala om, än mindre… See more apatah lagi… See more geschweige denn… See more for ikke å snakke om… See more не кажучи вже про… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of let alone

• let alone
• let someone alone, at let someone be idiom

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• let someone alone, at let someone be idiom

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