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left to the imagination

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

Meaning of leave to the imagination

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To omit, to leave out, to leave unstated.
    • The new members of the crime organization got the most dangerous jobs. I'll leave the specifics to your imagination.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To cover.
    • He stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.

Questions about left to the imagination

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

Words near left to the imagination in the dictionary

  1. left the nest
  2. left things alone
  3. left things be
  4. left to chance
  5. left to right
  6. left to the imagination
  7. left total
  8. left turn
  9. left turned
  10. left turning
  11. left turns

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