English Explanatory Dictionary

leave no trace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To follow certain outdoor ethical guidelines while camping, etc., so thoroughly that it would appear as though one had never previously been there, for the sake of nature conservation.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, no, trace.

Word forms

leave no trace leaves no trace leaving no trace left no trace

Etymology

Coined around the 1960s.

Synonyms

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