leave

Definition for leave

noun as in permission

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allowance, authorization

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assent, concession, consent, dispensation, freedom, go ahead, liberty, okay, permit, sanction, sufferance, tolerance

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green light

noun as in holiday, time off

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furlough, leave of absence, retirement, sabbatical, vacation

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adieu, departure, farewell, goodbye, liberty, parting, withdrawal

verb as in depart, abandon physically

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disappear, escape, flee, fly, go, move, quit, retire, start, take off, withdraw

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abscond, decamp, defect, desert, ditch, elope, embark, emigrate, exit, flit, forsake, issue, migrate, part, relinquish, sally, scram, slip, slip away, split, vacate, vamoose, vanish

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beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, pull out, push off, remove oneself, ride off, run along, say goodbye, set out, slip out, step down, take a hike, take leave, walk out

verb as in abandon, renounce

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drop, evacuate, give up, quit, stop, surrender

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cease, cede, desert, desist, forbear, forsake, maroon, refrain, relinquish, resign, terminate, waive, yield

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back out, drop out, give notice, hand over, knock off

verb as in forget, neglect

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allow, drop, have, leave behind

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let, mislay, omit, permit, suffer

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lay down, let be, let continue, let go, let stay

verb as in give, especially after death

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leave behind

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allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, legate, refer, transmit, will

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give over, hand down

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After the sun sets, she said she sees what look like drug deals, with people popping into the encampment for only a few minutes, before they leave.

From Los Angeles Times

It has since held rates - most recently on 30 July - leaving the bank's key lending rate's target range at 4.25% to 4.5%.

From BBC

He was charged four days after leaving the north London club, following the expiration of his contract at the end of June.

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I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn't have the ability or time to bring it with....

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A spokesperson for The Magnum Ice Cream Company said the firm had been in dialogue with the two founders before Mr Greenfield's decision to leave.

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