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take leave

VERB
depart
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abandon blast off disappear escape evacuate exit go pull out quit remove retire vacate withdraw
STRONG
abdicate absent decamp desert emigrate migrate part perish scram secede split start tergiversate troop vanish
WEAK
beat it cut and run cut out get away git go away go forth hit the bricks hit the road hit the trail make a break march out move on move out sally forth say goodbye set forth shove off slip away start out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
arrive come in continue enter fill occupy persevere remain stay
STRONG
combine come join
WEAK
keep to linger wait
VERB
go
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flee fly leave move pass progress retire travel
STRONG
abscond approach cruise decamp depart escape exit fare hie hightail journey lam mosey near quit repair split vamoose wend withdraw
WEAK
beat it bug out get away get going get lost get off hit the road light out make a break for it make for make one's way move out pull out push off push on run along run away set off shove off skip out take a hike take a powder take flight take off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
remain stay stop
STRONG
arrive wait
VERB
leave
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw
STRONG
abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish
WEAK
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 walk out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop
STRONG
come in hold join keep
WEAK
care continue maintain
VERB
part
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pull out separate
STRONG
break depart go quit split withdraw
WEAK
break off break up clear out cut and run dedomicile ease out go separate ways hit the road leave flat part company push off quit the scene say goodbye ship out shove off split up take a hike take off walk out on
Antonyms
STRONG
allow come continue join remain stay wait
WEAK
arrive connect
VERB
separate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break up divorce estrange leave part company split
STRONG
bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple
WEAK
break it off break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up unlink untie the knot
Antonyms
STRONGEST
marry
STRONG
come connect engage join link
WEAK
combine unite
VERB
withdraw
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depart disengage drop out eliminate go leave pull back pull out quit retire retreat
STRONG
abjure blow book detach exit extract quail recede recoil secede shrink switch vacate
WEAK
absent oneself back out bail out bow out check out draw away draw back ease out exfiltrate fall back get away get lost get off give ground give way keep aloof keep apart make oneself scarce phase out run along seclude oneself take a hike take away take off take out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
begin come continue engage enter join keep persevere stay
STRONG
arrive combine come in face meet unite
WEAK
advance allow permit remain

Example Sentences

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Since April 2025, some parents can receive more support for the first 28 days if both parents take leave.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Case in point: Chad Jones, an economist focused on the risks and opportunities of AI, announced Tuesday that he would take leave from Stanford to continue his research at Anthropic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Leavitt, who is pregnant, is set to take leave beginning in May.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

By evening, he would take leave from his teaching duties and post as co-director of a Harvard Kennedy School academic center, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“At last, it is. I came here to take leave of it before its change. And you,” she said, in a voice of touching interest to a wanderer,—“you live abroad still?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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