depart
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depart for (some place)
To leave one place to go to another. When does your plane depart for San Francisco?
depart from (some place)
To leave some place. I departed from Chicago six hours ago.
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depart from this world
To die; to pass on to the afterlife. Our role is to contribute something positive to others before we depart from this world, in whatever way possible.
depart this life
To die; to leave this life (i.e., to pass on to some form of the afterlife). Our role is to contribute something positive to others before we depart this life, in whatever way possible.
depart with (something)
To dispense with or forgo something. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The government has departed with convention in its handling of the inquisition.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
depart for some place
to leave for some place. When shall we depart for the airport? When do we depart for St. Petersburg?
depart from some place
to leave from some place or something; to set out from some place or something. When will you depart from here? We departed from Moscow on time.
depart this life
Euph. to die. He departed this life on April 20th, 1973. She departed peacefully, in her sleep.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.