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verb
(intr) to stop; cease
(tr, adverb) to stop wearing or using
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Words nearby leave off

leaven, leavening, leave no stone unturned, Leavenworth, leave of absence, leave off, leave one cold, leave open, leave out, leave out in the cold, leave out of account
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Words related to leave off

abstain, break off, cease, desist, discontinue, end, give over, give up, halt, knock off, quit, refrain, surcease

Other Idioms and Phrases with leave off

leave off
1

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]

2

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

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