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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
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?
See Pardon my French!
See also: french, leave
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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.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
 
 
 
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