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  • Definition
    • leave :the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
      • a ten day's leave to visit his mother

    • leave :go away from a place
      • At what time does your train leave?|She didn't leave until midnight|The ship leaves at midnight

    • leave :permission to do something
      • she was granted leave to speak

    • leave :go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
      • She left a mess when she moved out|His good luck finally left him|her husband left her after 20 years of marriage|she wept thinking she had been left behind

    • leave :the act of departing politely
      • he disliked long farewells|he took his leave|parting is such sweet sorrow

    • leave :act or be so as to become in a specified state
      • The inflation left them penniless|The president's remarks left us speechless

    • leave :leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
      • leave it as is|leave the young fawn alone|leave the flowers that you see in the park behind

    • leave :move out of or depart from
      • leave the room|the fugitive has left the country

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