āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
leave off
/lËiËv ËÉf/
to leave off
[phrase form: leave]
01
āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to conclude or cease, often in an abrupt or incomplete manner
Intransitive: to leave off | to leave off with sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting left off with a sense of urgency, as the team was tasked with completing a critical project by the end of the week.
āϏāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻļā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to exclude someone or something from a list, consideration, or selection
Transitive: to leave off sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher left off my essay from the grading stack, resulting in a delay in receiving my feedback.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to discontinue the use or consumption of something
Transitive: to leave off sue or consumption of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fashion industry is constantly leaving off outdated trends and embracing new styles.
āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āĻĄāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāϤā§āύ āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻāϞ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to discontinue an activity, either temporarily or permanently
Intransitive
Transitive: to leave off an activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The musician left off playing the piano, lost in deep contemplation.
āϏāĻāĻā§āϤāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻā§āύāĨ¤
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