leave undone
Example Sentences
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He could not make her believe that she did a thousand things, on such occasions, which she might just as well leave undone; and, to "have peace," he gave over the argument.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
"I am not going to be taught what I should do or leave undone, least of all by Martha."
From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
When I thought of the hours I often shirked and the jobs I used to leave undone, I wondered that Barlow didn't fire me and the other fellows long ago.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold
Out of two powerful motives, either of which may equally move us to do or leave undone a certain thing, can we infallibly tell which one has ultimately prompted our action?
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Could there be so very much amiss in a household where they knew just what to do for one, and just what to leave undone?
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
