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leave
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leave someone or something (at) some place
1. to abandon someone or something at some place. Don't leave me here by myself! Betty left her newspaper at the table, hoping someone else would enjoy it.
2. to allow someone or something to remain at some place. You leave me here and go on ahead. Please leave your packages at the door.
3. to allow someone or something to stay behind through forgetfulness. I left my glasses behind on my desk. I was left at the movie theater by mistake.
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absent without leave
ahead of time
at loose ends
Could I leave a message?
desert a sinking ship
fly the nest
French leave
have taken leave of senses
I can take it or leave it
I must'll love you and leave you
I'd as leave do
in a body
in limbo
in ruins
in the back of mind
in the care of
keep in the dark
keep options open
leave
leave a bad taste in mouth
leave a lot to be desired
leave alone
leave an impression
leave around
leave aside
leave behind
leave cold
leave down
leave flat
leave for
leave for another occasion
leave for dead
leave for some place
leave go of
leave hanging
leave high and dry
leave holding the bag
leave in
leave in hands
leave in peace
leave in the cold
leave in the dust
leave in the lurch
leave it at that
leave it to
leave its mark on
leave mark
leave mark on
Leave me alone!
leave no stone unturned
leave of absence
leave off
leave on
leave one to fate
leave one to own devices
leave oneself wide open for
leave open
leave open the possibility of
leave out
leave out in the cold
leave out of
leave something to be desired
leave standing
leave the door open
leave the field clear for
leave the nest
leave the room
leave to
leave to chance
leave to it
leave to own devices
leave to stew
leave to tender mercies
leave to twist in the wind
leave up
leave up in the air
leave well alone
leave well enough alone
leave with
leave word
leave word for
leaving so soon?
let alone
let well enough alone
make like a tree and leave
on shoulders
out in the cold
paper trail
rolling in the aisles
some loose ends
Take it or leave it
take leave
take leave of
take leave of senses
throw to the wolves
up to
without a by your leave
without so much as a by-your-leave


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9) Alan Rix, "Japan and the Region: Leading from Behind," in Richard Higgott, Richard Leaver and John Ravenhill, eds.
Tokyo's quandary, Beijing's moment in the Six-Party Talks: a regional ... by Ashizawa, Kuniko / Pacific Affairs
Similarly, Acs, Loprest, and Roberts (2001) synthesized findings from a set of 15 federally funded, state level TANF leaver studies and discovered that 71% of leavers were employed at some point in the year following their exits.
Job satisfaction among TANF leavers by Scott, Jeff / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Godard CA, Leaver M J, Said MR, Dickerson RL, George S, Stegeman JJ.
The risk of infection from polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in the ... by Jepson, Paul D. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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