leave to the imagination

English

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. To omit (leave out, exclude) information.
    The new members of the crime organization got the most dangerous jobs. I'll leave the specifics to your imagination.
  2. To cover (as in clothing covering parts of the body).

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