give+leave+to
101leave 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… …
102give over — 1. Leave, quit, abandon, cease from. 2. Consider hopeless, consider lost, give up …
103give up — when did you give up drinking? Syn: stop, cease, discontinue, desist from, abstain from, cut out, renounce, forgo; resign from, stand down from; informal quit, kick, swear off, leave off, pack in, lay off …
104give something up — STOP, cease, discontinue, desist from, abstain from, cut out, renounce, forgo; resign from, stand down from; informal quit, kick, swear off, leave off, pack in, lay off; Brit. informal jack in. → give …
105leave to — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bequeath, hand down, pass on; see give 1 …
106give a shake — get rid of; leave, depart …
107give a P45 — British to dismiss peremptorily from employment Referring to the number of the tax form given to the departing employee, including those who retire or leave of their own volition: When nasty British journalists were suggesting he… …
108give up the ghost — Die, expire, depart, decease, leave the world, draw the last breath, cease to exist …
109give someone the heave-ho — informal 1) to end a relationship with someone 2) to tell someone that they have to leave their job …
110leave of court — Permission of court; an order of court granting permission to take a certain step in an action, usually, where it is discretionary with the court to give or refuse the permission. Copperthwait v Dimmer, 18 NJL 258, 260 …
