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leave1

verb
  1. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow 1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach
  2. To give (property) to another person after one's death: will. Law: bequeath, devise. See give, law
  3. To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again: abandon, desert 3, forsake, quit, throw over. Idioms: run out on, walk out on. See keep
  4. To relinquish one's engagement in or occupation with: demit, quit, resign, terminate. See continue
phrasal verb

leave off
  1. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt 1, quit, stall 1, stop, surcease. Idiom: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop). See continue
  2. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, quit, relinquish, remit, stop. Informal: swear off. Slang: lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continue
  3. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, cut out, give up, stop. Slang: kick. See continue

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Spanish translation: leave


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