leave word

Idioms and Phrases

Leave a message, as in Please leave word at the desk when you check out , or I left word abut my plans with the secretary; didn't she tell you? This expression employs word in the sense of “information,” a usage dating from the 10th century.

Example Sentences

"I suppose I must go down to the station and leave word for him there," said Mr Blake.

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We'll stop at your house on our way back, and leave word with your mother—incidentally we can learn if any one has called.

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He would call at Barnard's Hotel Tuesday morning at nine o'clock, when if not agreeable please leave word.

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As if father couldn't see his way to do it in his lifetime, but did this to leave word to us that we were to do something.

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Very extraordinary to go out at this time of day, and not even to leave word where you were to be found.

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Related Words

• advise
• announce
• confess
• declare
• disclose
• explain
• express
• inform
• instruct
• mention
• notify
• order
• report
• reveal
• say
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• state
• summon