love you and leave you
- idiom
- Informal
:
te quiero y me voy
- Sorry, but I have to love you and leave you—work calls early tomorrow.
Examples
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I must go now, so I love you and leave you!
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As I head out, I just want to say I love you and leave you.
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After dinner, she smiled and said, 'Time for me to love you and leave you.'
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It was wonderful to see you, but now I'll love you and leave you.
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After dinner, she smiled and said, 'Time for me to love you and leave you.'
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It was wonderful to see you, but now I'll love you and leave you.
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Sorry, but I have to love you and leave you—work calls early tomorrow.
Synonyms
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8.4
A friendly way to say goodbye when you expect to meet again
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1.0
Words people say when they leave each other
306
1.0
A short word or action people use when they leave each other
279
1.1
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when leaving
199
1.9
A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well
59
1.0
Words or actions people use when they leave
52
7.6
A casual spoken goodbye said when you leave someone
31
8.6
A goodbye used when someone leaves for a long time
24
9.3
A final goodbye you say when leaving for a long time
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3.0
A short phrase people say when they leave each other
A funny way to say goodbye when leaving a group
Antonyms
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
love + you + and + leave + you
The phrase is a straightforward combination of 'love you' (expressing affection) + 'leave you' (to depart), so a learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer it as an affectionate way to say goodbye. The structure is compositional and parallels similar farewell formulas in other languages, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Love you and leave you may come from old songs and shows where a person promised a short romance — to love someone for a little while and then leave them. So today it is a light, affectionate 'goodbye' people use when they must go but would like to stay.