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left little to the imagination

left little to the imagination is the simple past and past participle of leave little to the imagination.

Meaning of leave little to the imagination

Verb

leave little to the imagination (third-person singular simple present leaves little to the imagination, present participle leaving little to the imagination, simple past and past participle left little to the imagination)

  1. To reveal the greater part of a person's body, or parts usually kept hidden out of modesty.
    • Baartman’s seminaked display left little to the imagination and reinforced England’s obsession with bottoms, both literally and figuratively.2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”, in New York Times

Questions about left little to the imagination

What is left little to the imagination the simple past and past participle of?
Left little to the imagination is the simple past and past participle of leave little to the imagination.

Words near left little to the imagination in the dictionary

  1. left lane hoggers
  2. left lane hogs
  3. left lane hugger
  4. left lane huggers
  5. left lateral
  6. left little to the imagination
  7. left luggage
  8. left main
  9. left mains
  10. Left May
  11. left much to be desired

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