LEAVE


Meaning of LEAVE in English

n. 25B6; verb

I left the hotel : DEPART FROM, go (away) from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off from, exit from, take one's leave of, pull out of, quit, be gone from, decamp from, disappear from, vacate, absent oneself from; say one's farewells/goodbyes, make oneself scarce; informal push off, shove off, clear out/off, cut and run, split, vamoose, scoot, make tracks, up sticks; Brit. informal sling one's hook.

the next morning we left for Leicester : SET OFF, head, make; set sail.

he's left his wife : ABANDON, desert, cast aside/off, jilt, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry, throw over; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk/run out on; poetic/literary forsake.

he left his job in November : RESIGN FROM, retire from, step down from, withdraw from, pull out of, give up; informal quit.

she left her handbag on a bus : LEAVE BEHIND, forget, lose, mislay.

I thought I'd leave it to the experts : ENTRUST, hand over, pass on, refer; delegate.

he left her £100,000 : BEQUEATH, will, endow, hand down, make over; Law demise, devise.

the speech left some feelings of disappointment : CAUSE, produce, generate, give rise to.

arrive.

25A0; leave someone in the lurch LEAVE IN TROUBLE, let down, leave stranded, leave high and dry, abandon, desert.

25A0; leave off (informal) STOP, cease, finish, desist from, keep from, break off, lay off, give up, discontinue, refrain from, eschew; informal quit, knock off, jack in, swear off; formal forswear.

25A0; leave someone/something out

Adam left out the address : MISS OUT, omit, fail to include, overlook, forget; skip, miss, jump.

he was left out of the England squad : EXCLUDE, omit, drop, pass over.

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