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Leave
liːv
- go away from
"she left London on June 6"
depart from go away from go from withdraw from retire from take oneself off from exit from take one's leave of pull out of quit be gone from decamp from disappear from abandon vacate absent oneself from evacuate set off head make begin one's journey set sail- depart from permanently
"at the age of sixteen he left home"
- cease attending (a school or college) or working for (an organization)
"she is leaving the BBC after 20 years"
- allow or cause to remain
"the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave"
- remain to be used or dealt with
"she pours her brother's whiskey into what's left of her beer"
- go away from a place without taking (someone or something)
"the table was left in the house by the previous owner"
- abandon (a spouse or partner)
"her boyfriend left her for another woman"
- have as (a surviving relative) after one's death
"he leaves a wife and three children"
- bequeath (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
"he left £500 to the National Asthma Campaign"
- cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position
"he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks"
- let (someone) do or deal with something without offering help or assistance
"infected people are often rejected by family and friends, leaving them to face this chronic condition alone"
- cause to remain as a trace or record
"dark fruit that would leave purple stains on the table napkins"
- deposit or entrust to be kept, collected, or attended to
"she left a note for me"