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leave off
verb
1 leave off
Come to an end, stop or cease.
Roget 142:
cease,
discontinue,
desist,
stay,
halt;
break off,
leave off;
hold,
stop,
pull up,
stop short;
stick,
hang fire;
halt;
pause,
rest;
burn out,
blow out,
melt down.
have done with,
give over,
surcease,
shut up shop;
give up
etc.
(relinquish)
624.
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.
come to a stand,
come to a standstill;
come to a deadlock,
come to a full stop;
arrive
etc.
292;
go out,
die away;
wear away,
wear off;
pass away
etc.
(be past)
122;
be at an end;
disintegrate,
self-destruct.
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel†;
intermit,
remit;
put an end to,
put a stop to,
put a period to;
derail;
turn off,
switch off,
power down,
deactivate,
disconnect;
bring to a stand,
bring to a standstill;
stop,
cut short,
arrest,
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
pull the check-string,
pull the plug on.
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Roget 624:
relinquish,
give up,
abandon,
desert,
forsake,
leave in the lurch;
go back on;
depart from,
secede from,
withdraw from;
back out of;
leave,
quit,
take leave of,
bid a long farewell;
vacate
etc.
(resign)
757.
renounce
etc.
(abjure)
607;
forego,
have done with,
drop;
disuse
etc.
678;
discard
etc.
782;
wash one's hands of;
drop all idea of.
break off,
leave off;
desist;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
quit one's hold;
give over,
shut up shop.
throw up the game,
throw up the cards;
give up the point,
give up the argument;
pass to the order of the day,
move to the previous question.
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Roget 678:
not use;
do without,
dispense with,
let alone,
not touch,
forbear,
abstain,
spare,
waive,
neglect;
keep back,
reserve.
lay up,
lay by,
lay on the shelf,
keep on the shelf,
lay up in ordinary;
lay up in a napkin;
shelve;
set aside,
put aside,
lay aside;
disuse,
leave off,
have done with;
supersede;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297;
dismiss,
give warning.
throw aside
etc.
(relinquish)
782;
make away with
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cast overboard,
heave overboard,
throw overboard;
cast to the dogs,
cast to the winds;
dismantle
etc.
(Render useless)
645.
lie unemployed,
remain unemployed
etc.
adj.
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2 leave off
3 leave off
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