leave undone
Example Sentences
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Say not, we will do the one, and not leave undone the other; for the inordinate degree to which the meaner passions are developed, dulls our sense of loftier needs.
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix
His accomplice must be kept alive to the fact that his eye was ever upon her, that she dare not do, or leave undone, anything, however trivial, that might risk the game.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
In regard to what I ought to do or leave undone, you'll permit me to consult my own wishes, and decline friendly suggestions with my best thanks.
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
Nought man could do did I leave undone; And I thought that butcher's boys were cheap,— But this, poor man, 'twas his only one.
From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry
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)
