leave off

Example Sentences

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"There's a big awareness gap, there's a complexity problem and there's a challenge about most men feeling uncomfortable taking leave off the mother of their child."

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024

Sunday, the last boat had only 36 passengers, a signal that they’d successfully gotten everyone who wanted to leave off the island before conditions were expected to worsen, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

A future interstellar mission to continue where Voyager 1 and 2 leave off could also further clarify the heliosphere’s complex shape.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2023

Stokes countered with examples of coroners in rural and conservative communities who said they had been asked by families to leave off covid as a cause of death.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

"Clegane, leave off, the man is long fled."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin