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ほっといてくれ

Common word

Meanings

1

expression

back off!; leave me alone!

A blunt, informal command telling someone to stop interfering or to go away. Derived from 放っておいてくれ (leave me alone), contracted to ほっといてくれ.

See also: 放って置く · 放っとく

もうほっといてくれ！
Just leave me alone already!
うるさいな、ほっといてくれよ。
Shut up, back off!

Similar words

放ほうっておく
The full, less contracted form meaning 'to leave alone' or 'to neglect'. ほっといてくれ is a more forceful, colloquial imperative derived from it.
ほっとく
A casual contraction of 放っておく, used in everyday speech. ほっといてくれ is the imperative form of this verb with くれ added for emphasis.

Etymology

Contraction of 放っておいてくれ (hōtte oite kure), from 放る (to throw away, to leave alone) + おく (to put, to leave in a state) + くれ (imperative of くれる, give me). The phrase literally means 'leave me alone' and is used as a strong, informal command.