verb
Meaning 1
To omit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
leave off
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To desist; to cease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Leave off hitting him!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: let off, let up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- We will now continue where the other team left off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
stop using
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
verb
Meaning 5
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exclude, except, leave out, omit, take out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Narrower terms: elide
verb
Meaning 6
come to an end, stop or cease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the road leaves off at the edge of the forest
- leave off where you started
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discontinue
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: ĉesi — to desist
- German: aufhören — to desist
- Māori: kātirawhe — to desist
- Māori: waiho atu — to desist
- Old English: āteorian — to desist
- Polish: przestawać — to desist
- Polish: przestać — to desist
- Polish: cichnąć — to desist
- Polish: ucichnąć — to desist
- Polish: słabnąć — to desist
- Polish: osłabnąć — to desist
- Polish: ustępować — to desist
- Polish: ustąpić — to desist