| 释义 |
let something lieTake no action regarding a problematic matter: ‘Are you planning a follow-up to the programme?’ ‘No, we’ll let it lie for now.’...- Having done so in 1993 and having been told to get lost, he had essentially let matters lie.
- At that point there was no opportunity of changing them but the team captain chose not to let the matters lie but instead continued to agitate about them, particularly in the newspaper article.
- He said last night that he would not let the matter lie and that he would make an official complaint as it was a clear breach of the rules.
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