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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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