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View synonyms for leave off

leave off

verb

  1. (intr) to stop; cease

  2. (tr, adverb) to stop wearing or using

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Stop, cease; also, stop doing or using. For example, Mother told the children to leave off running around the house , or Please use a bookmark to show where you left off reading . [c. 1400]

leave something off . Omit, as in We found she had left off our names .

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