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
How to use leave off in a sentence “We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.
But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.
They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
Now for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.
We can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.
“You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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