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leave off

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leave off something
to quit something. DI have to leave off working for a while so I can eat. I left off reading and went downstairs for supper.
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leave off (doing something)
to stop doing something Mr. Summers finally left off talking and returned to his seat. We'll pick up the story where we left off yesterday.
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leave off something

to forget or omit something All the names beginning with "R" were left off the list.
See also: leave
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So when the Old Man was dead each of the youths put a weed upon his hat and wore it until he was himself old, when, seeing that neither would give in, they agreed that the younger should leave off his weeds and the elder give him half of the estate.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
At times I cry aloud for sorrow, but presently I leave off again, for crying is cold comfort and one soon tires of it.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
It is time, too, for me to leave off resting my arms on the cold stone of this bridge.
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