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leave off
Overview of verb leave-off
The verb leave off has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) leave off -- (come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started")
2. exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out -- (prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece")
3. leave off -- (stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here")
Antonyms of verb leave-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb leave-off
3 senses of leave off
Sense 1
leave off
=> discontinue
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 3
leave off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb leave-off
1 of 3 senses of leave off
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
=> elide
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb leave-off
3 senses of leave off
Sense 1
leave off
=> discontinue
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Sense 3
leave off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
'Cause To' of verb leave-off
Derived Forms of verb leave-off
Domain of verb leave-off
Domain Terms of verb leave-off
Familiarity of verb leave-off
leave off used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb leave-off
3 senses of leave off
Sense 1
leave off
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
leave off
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb leave-off
3 senses of leave off
Sense 1
leave off
> discontinue
=> taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle
=> leave off
=> run out, expire
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> cancel out, wipe out
=> decouple
=> decouple
=> obliterate
=> knock out
=> drown
=> cut out
=> cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise
=> snuff out, extinguish
=> exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
Sense 3
leave off
> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
=> drop, knock off
=> leave off
=> sign off
=> retire, withdraw
=> pull the plug
=> shut off, close off
=> cheese
=> call it quits, call it a day
=> break
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb leave-off
Sense 1
leave off
=> discontinue
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Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
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Sense 3
leave off
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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