to leave office
65
4.2
- phrasal verb
- Literature
- The mayor is planning to leave office at the end of his term to pursue other opportunities.
- members leave office
- presidents leave office
- justices leave office
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then they leave office and they're just regular people again.
- And then they leave office and they're just regular people again.
- Because you don't want to become that country where as soon as somebody leaves office, they prosecute them.
- They're issuing them, you know, maybe once every two years and mostly at the end when they're leaving office.
- Both Henry Kissinger and Robert McNamara said after leaving office that they would not have done it.
- Yesterday, when reporters asked if Trump would leave office if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden, Trump said certainly I will.
- I did get to look at she and say, OK, is he going to leave office without doing that or does he want that as his key legacy?
- Iran broke when when Trump left office.
- Well, first of all, America's changed drastically since we left office.
- The state police gave me a revolver as a sort of a collectible when I left office.
Examples
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House members have become less active in recent years, including those who have left office.
Academic text (2004) -
Since Roosevelt, the only presidents to leave office with high approval ratings have been Eisenhower and Reagan.
Academic text (1991) -
But that he would be glad to accept it once he left office...
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But for the purpose of this conversation, you know, let's say that he is going to leave office when his term is up.
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Shortly after leaving office, he was offered a business arrangement that might have made him rich.
Academic text (1993) -
On average, fifty-two House members leave office during each Congress.
Academic text (2004) -
The president who appointed Kirkwood, William M. Daily, left office under a cloud.
Academic text (2000) -
There was a budget surplus when Clinton left office and when Bush entered office.
Blog text (8) -
Biden will leave office with half his priorities unmet, right?
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However, the real sea change in the public perception of the CIA came after Nixon left office.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
791
1.2
To leave a job or position
469
3.7
Leave a job or office by giving notice
170
1.3
To leave a place to start a journey
157
3.3
Give up an important job so someone else can take over
143
5.1
To stop doing a job, duty or action after someone tells you to
59
4.5
Leave a place or job so it is free for someone else
24
4.9
To stop doing a job or role politely
22
2.6
Make someone leave their job, often because of age or a serious event
22
8.0
To give up a position of power, for example a king or queen
9
2.5
To stop working at a job because you want something different
1
9.9
To officially give up power, rights, or a position
To stop working after a long time
To stop working in your job, especially as an athlete
Antonyms
How Official
38
7.4
606
2.0
- Literature
65
4.2
- Formal
469
3.7
426
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to give up or retire from a position' is directly compositional from 'leave' (to depart/quit) + 'office' (an official post), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the sense of departing from a role. While there can be surface ambiguity with physically leaving an office space, the institutional/political sense is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common combination and therefore transparent.
Etymology
Leave office paints a simple picture: a leader packs a box of papers, walks out of their office, and hands in keys as they leave for the last time. So, it now means 'to give up or retire from a position of authority or responsibility'.