Guy: Do you think you can fix my computer?
Computer repair technician: Yes, I think so.
Guy nods, then leaves him to it.
Can I write "leaves him to it" to mean that he walks away so that the Computer repair technician can work undisturbed?
Yes, that's the idea.
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