leave (someone) to stew

if you leave someone to stew, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done.

I could have said a few comforting words and made him feel better but I thought I'd let him stew a while instead.

• save your breath
• save your own skin
• saving grace
• savoir-faire
• say a lot about
• say a lot about something
• say boo
• Say cheese!
• say enough is enough
• say goodbye to
• say goodbye to something
• say nothing of
• say nothing of something
• say piece
• say something to
• say something to yourself
• say that black is white
• say the least
• say the word
• say to
• say to yourself
• say uncle
• say when
• say your piece
• scale back