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leave little to the imagination en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (of clothing) To reveal the greater part of a person's body, or parts usually kept hidden out of modesty.
    • Baartman’s seminaked display left little to the imagination and reinforced England’s obsession with bottoms, both literally and figuratively. 2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”, in New York Times:
    • The emerald-green bathing suit pulled taut across boyish hips and decidedly unboyish breasts, the wet material leaving little to the imagination […] 2009, Day Leclaire, The Billionaire's Baby Negotiation:

Forms

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left little to the imagination Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
left little to the imagination Tense=Past lexicographic
leaves little to the imagination Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
leaving little to the imagination Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic