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French leave |
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French leave (old-fashioned, humorous) a period when you are absent from work without asking for permission See Pardon my French!Usage notes: In the 18th century in France, it was the custom to leave an official event or party without saying goodbye to the person who had invited you. Is Ray really ill again, or is he just taking French leave? How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But as I was certain I should not be allowed to leave the enclosure, my only plan was to take French leave and slip out when nobody was watching, and that was so bad a way of doing it as made the thing itself wrong. Look at him--in such hot haste to get married that he took French leave and rushed down to implore the silly girl on his knees |
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