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Leave off   /liv ɔf/   Listen
Leave off

verb
1.
Come to an end, stop or cease.  "Leave off where you started"
2.
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.  Synonyms: except, exclude, leave out, omit, take out.  "Leave off the top piece"  Antonym: include.
3.
Stop using.





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"Leave off" Quotes from Famous Books



... waited; it went on inexorably; and every time it ticked a man died! He raised himself a little on his elbow and listened. He wished it would leave off. ...
— The Story of an African Farm • (AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner
... economic reverses caused by the first Anglo-Dutch war. In 1653 nearly the whole trade was at a standstill, 1500 houses (others speak of double the number) stood empty, and on the 27th of June even the magistrate decided to leave off one of the two principal stories from its new magnificent town-hall, then in course of construction, a resolution which fortunately was revoked two years later. As a matter of fact trade weakened heavily until 1660, suffering reverses, not only from England's attitude, but also from France's and ...
— Rembrandt's Amsterdam • Frits Lugt
... the Greeks done it also, and have translated our histories into their own tongue, and have not much mistaken the truth in their histories. But then, where the writers of these affairs and our prophets leave off, thence shall I take my rise, and begin my history. Now as to what concerns that war which happened in my own time, I will go over it very largely, and with all the diligence I am able; but for what preceded mine own age, that ...
— The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem • Flavius Josephus
... thee; and don't think thine old uncle harsh,—God knows he is not,—but my dear, dear boy, this is quite out of the question, and thou must let me hear no more about it. The gout cripples me so that I must leave off. ...
— Devereux, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... Roxy wore a "tie-apron." This was simply a straight breadth of "store calico," gathered upon a band with long ends, and tied round her waist. Very important a little girl felt when allowed to leave off the high apron and ...
— Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land and other Stories • Ellis Towne, Sophie May and Ella Farman


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