lets sleeping dogs lie

A form of let sleeping dogs lie — To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of let sleeping dogs lie
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