Leave+off
11leave off doing something — leave off (doing something) to stop doing something. Mr. Summers finally left off talking and returned to his seat. We ll pick up the story where we left off yesterday …
12leave off something — leave off (something) to forget or omit something. All the names beginning with R were left off the list …
13leave off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone or something is left off a list, they are not included on that list. [be V ed P n] She has been deliberately left off the guest list... [V n P n] The judge left Walsh s name off the list of those he wanted arrested.… …
14leave off — I. (Active.) Forbear, desist from, break off. II. (Neuter.) Desist, stop, leave …
15leave off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, belay, break the habit, cancel, cease, cede, come off, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, desist, desist from, discontinue, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forgo, forswear …
16leave off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cease, end, halt; see stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt1, quit, stall1, stop, surcease. Idiom: come to a halt (or standstill or stop). See… …
17leave off — discontinue (an activity). → leave …
18leave off — verb Date: 14th century stop, cease < picked up where he had left off > …
19To leave off — Leave Leave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left} (l[e^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[=i]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. [root]119 …
20To leave off — Leave Leave, v. i. 1. To depart; to set out. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] By the time I left for Scotland. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. To cease; to desist; to leave off. He . . . began at the eldest, and left at the youngest. Gen. xliv. 12. [1913… …
