to leave
- verb
- /liːv/
- But your dad did leave us with something.
- leave a legacy
- died, leaving
- leave an inheritance
Two of the most interesting things that Caesar has left us today are two questions.
- Two of the most interesting things that Caesar has left us today are two questions.
- Ultimately her son will show up and they will in fact leave the farm to him.
- It roughly translates to I leave it up to you.
- I really listen to the thing that my grandmother left me.
- He dies and he he left kind of an important legacy.
Examples
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I mean, he didn't have much to leave me because when he died, there wasn't much of anything.
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Grandfather left him 20% of the tobacco company.
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Ultimately her son will show up and they will in fact leave the farm to him.
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I knew how important it was to him to leave the property to his own blood.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I walked into the living room, and I found Lucas' poetry that he left me.
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Some people will leave some weird stuff in their wills.
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Shouldn't papa leave something for his children?
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All of these properties were part of the Texas inheritance left by May Manning.
Academic text (2011) -
May's intent was to leave the newly purchased property for development by his Louisiana sibling.
Academic text (2011) -
His will states that he will leave all his property to his daughter.
Synonyms
To hand something to someone, for example a present
To give something to another person, often information or a message
To die and have people or things remain after you
To teach knowledge or skills to someone
To leave property or money to someone in your will when you die
To give property to someone in a legal document after death
To give property to someone by a lease or will
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
- Literature
Behave in a very foolish way without thinking clearly
Not showing all details so people can think about the missing parts
- Informal
A warning that bad behavior on a work trip can lead to punishment at work when you return
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Stop doing something for a short time, for example at a point in a book
- Literature
Stop being a leader with official power, for example a government official or company boss
- Specialized
To stop growing crops on a field for a time to let the soil get better
Compounds
- Formal
A period when someone is officially allowed to be away from work or school
Time away from work to care for family members after a birth, adoption, or when they are ill
- Formal
Time away from work given so a worker can deal with a serious family illness or death
- Formal
A final time away from duty taken before leaving the military while still officially in service
- Archaic
A permit that lets a prisoner live and work outside prison under rules
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Leave meaning to give property or things to someone (especially after death) comes from Old English lǣfan, which also meant 'to give', so to leave someone your house in a will is to give it to them when you die.