let alone

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let alone

conjunction let along · yet alone

idiomatic, in the negative Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone. He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
idiomatic, rare, in the positive Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first. 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.

verb lets alone · letting alone · let alone · let along · yet alone

transitive To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering. I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
Similar: leave alone
colloquial, dated, transitive To rely on (a person) to do something. Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape.

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conj to say nothing of

Español	y mucho menos, ni qué hablar de, por no hablar de, menos aún
한국어	커녕 keonyeong
日本語	どころか dokoroka, もちろん mochiron
中文	更不用說 /更不用说 gèng bùyòng shuō, 何況 /何况 hékuàng, 遑論 /遑论 huánglùn
Português	muito menos, quanto mais, que dirá, quem dirá
Français	encore moins, et encore moins, sans compter, sans parler de
Deutsch	geschweige denn, geschweige
Italiano	nonché, per non parlare di, figuriamoci
Ελληνικά	πόσο μάλλον póso mállon
Română	darămite, ce să mai vorbim, nici vorbă
Русский	не говоря́ уже́, тем бо́лее
العربية	نَاهِيك nāhīk
עברית	קַל וָחֹמֶר kal vaẖómer, לא כֹּל שֶׁכֵּן lo kol shekén, עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה 'al aẖát kamma v'chamma

conj as well as

Español	así como, sin contar con, además de
Português	ainda mais
Français	sans compter, sans parler de
Deutsch	geschweige denn
Italiano	così come, come anche
Română	ce să mai vorbim

verb leave alone

Español	dejar en paz, dejar

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@misc{let_alone_2026,
  title = {let alone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/let%20alone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}