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let alone
Not to mention, as in We have no room for another house guest, let alone an entire family . [c. 1800]
See leave someone alone .
Example Sentences
Finishing the film at all is an achievement, let alone getting people to see it.
There may be no way back to respectability for a supposedly major nation, let alone a global power, after “Vladimir, STOP!”
"I think she is seriously questioning whether to carry on, which would be a real shame because we don't have enough instructors, let alone female instructors in the industry."
"It's shocking that not a single water executive faced a fine, let alone a prison sentence, despite widespread law-breaking," he told the BBC's Today programme.
Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China and the US had "not conducted consultations or negotiations on tariffs, let alone reached an agreement".
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