leave off
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Definition
Verb (transitive):
- To stop using or doing something; to discontinue: To cease an activity or the use of an item.
- To omit or exclude something: To not include something in a list, report, or sequence.
Verb (intransitive):
- To come to an end; to stop: Used to describe something that ceases or terminates.
Examples of Usage
Verb (transitive):
- You can leave off your jacket; it's warm inside. (You can stop wearing your jacket.)
- Please leave off that topic during the meeting. (Please omit that topic.)
- The editor decided to leave off the final chapter. (The editor decided to exclude the final chapter.)
Verb (intransitive):
- The old railway line leaves off just past the bridge. (The old railway line ends just past the bridge.)
- The noise suddenly left off. (The noise suddenly stopped.)
Advanced Usage
- "to leave off doing something": to stop a habitual or ongoing action.
- He finally left off complaining. (He finally stopped complaining.)
- "to leave off from something": to stop at a particular point in a process or sequence.
- Let's leave off from page 50 and continue tomorrow. (Let's stop at page 50.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cessation (n): The fact or process of ending or stopping.
- Omission (n): Someone or something that has been left out or excluded.
- Discontinue (v): To stop doing or providing something.
Synonyms
- Stop, Cease, Halt: To bring or come to an end.
- Omit, Exclude: To leave out or not include.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Leave out: To not include someone or something.
- She felt sad because they left her out of the team.
- Leave behind: To not take someone or something with you.
- He accidentally left his keys behind.
Related Idioms
- Pick up where you left off: To resume an activity or relationship at the point where it was stopped.
- After the summer break, the class picked up right where they left off.
Verb
- stop using
- leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece
- come to an end, stop or cease
- the road leaves off at the edge of the forest
- leave off where you started