leave it
Keep it there
Leave it is a command to stop what you're doing—touching something, pursuing a topic, or continuing an action.
Dog trainers use it to make a dog ignore food or objects: Leave it! That's not yours.
Between people, it's a dismissive instruction to drop a subject: Just leave it, I don't want to talk about it.
The phrase can signal that something is good enough as is: Leave it, the table looks fine where it is.
- let goCease holding something
- let it beAccept without interference
- drop itCommand to cease
- forget itDismissive phrase ending discussion
- abandonLeave behind permanently
ignore · stop · release · give it up · quit · move on · walk away · step away · dismiss · nevermind · skip it · back off · hands off · untouched · alone · desist · cease · pass