to leave
- verb
- /liːv/
- And what made your parents leave the UK?
- leave behind
- leave home
- leave the office
We lost contact after I I left for the Navy.
- We lost contact after I I left for the Navy.
- I didn't, but I did leave several months later.
- And what made your parents leave the UK?
- This woman literally left town with no word.
- Your your your flight doesn't leave for like a.
- I'm I'm going to leave, I have to go.
- That's I'm saying before you even left, I was right.
- And the minute the ball leaves his foot, block him.
- They aren't thinking about you when they leave because they don't care.
- You're at home, you don't leave, you get to read the news.
Examples
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Chris, we need to leave right now.
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You know I have to leave early this morning.
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Book another night here or leave and hope for the best.
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Then her father forced her to leave him and give up their baby for adoption.
Academic text (2011) -
Won't the phone die if we leave it on all night?
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We won't have to leave the house until Tuesday.
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I say we ought to leave here before the Apaches find us.
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The Kamm family often spoke about leaving Poland, but they had nowhere to go.
Academic text (2011) -
Anees explains that he has no permission to leave Gaza and that he often feels trapped.
Academic text (2011) -
After a long week, I decided to leave the office early and enjoy the weekend.
Synonyms
Leave a place or situation
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
Leave a place to do a task, for example to help people
To leave a place or person and go somewhere else
Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore
Leave a job or office by giving notice
To stop taking part in a place or activity
Move away from someone, or stop taking part in something
To leave a course, competition or group before finishing
To leave a vehicle, for example a bus, or stop annoying someone
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
To leave a place to start a journey
To go out of a place or leave a situation
To move away from people or a place to create space
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
To leave an organization and form a separate group
To leave a place and move away
To leave a place and not return
To stop doing a job or role politely
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
Leave a place or start a journey
Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
Say goodbye to people and go away from a place politely
Leave home and move to a new place
To say goodbye and leave politely
To stop being a member of a group or organization
To leave a place suddenly, usually to go somewhere else
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 Permanent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Leave meaning 'to go away' comes from Old English lǣfan, which meant 'to go away' or 'let go', so to leave a place is simply to go away from it.