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- conjunction idiomatic, negative polarity item
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. - conjunction idiomatic, rare
not to mention , as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first. - verb transitive To
leave alone ,let be ; to stop bothering.
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