leave it at that

idiom

: to not add or do anything more

Let's just say that I got in a little trouble with the police, and leave it at that.

They offered him the salary that he asked for, but he couldn't leave it at that and asked for a new car.

Examples of leave it at that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his government will agree to leave it at that was not immediately clear. —Peter Baker, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024

But Nehemiah doesn’t just hire formerly incarcerated people and leave it at that. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024

In Poland such graves are occasionally uncovered by chance, but there are those not content to leave it at that. —Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024

Almost any other filmmaker would have been content to leave it at that. —Calum Marsh, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022

This is the perfect scale for bakers who just want to measure how much something weighs, and leave it at that. —Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 27 Jan. 2023

Rather than leave it at that, however, I was encouraged to go further, to frame the collection not only on its own terms but also in relation to Gass’ monumental achievement as an essayist. —David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022

Social media can be a fun source of inspiration, but leave it at that and do your own thing to avoid going down a rabbit hole of comparison, Teeple said. —Kristen Rogers, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022

Of course the league could just announce the players who made the Pro Bowl at the end of the season and leave it at that. —Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2022