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leave off

verb

(intr) to stop; cease
(tr, adverb) to stop wearing or using

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Idioms and Phrases

Stop, cease; also, stop doing or using. For example, Mother told the children to leave off running around the house , or Please use a bookmark to show where you left off reading . [c. 1400]

leave something off . Omit, as in We found she had left off our names .

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Being genuinely curious about what the person has said makes it easier to carry on the conversation from wherever they leave off.

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Their only hope is that ordinary citizens pick up where they are leaving off.

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Lists inevitably leave off the worthy, even a top 10 list that cheats with 11 items.

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"There's a big awareness gap, there's a complexity problem and there's a challenge about most men feeling uncomfortable taking leave off the mother of their child."

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And what did we leave off the list that belongs in the top 50?

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leave of absence leave one cold

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