leave
/ˈliːv/ noun B1- Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. · I've just been given three weeks' leave by my boss — I don't think I still have some leave owing to me.
- Permission. · Might I beg leave to accompany you?· The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
- Farewell, departure. · I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
Plural leaves
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, “I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas.”
“How do you know he had a packet to leave at Porto-Ferrajo?”
“Then I have your leave, sir?”
But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days.”
Other matches
- leave To cause or allow A1
- leave To give leave to C2
- leave The action of the batsman not attempting to pla... C2
- leave aside To not talk about a topic so as to allow full c...
- leave off To omit.
- leave on To cause or allow to remain in the on or open p...
- leave out To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
- leave over Give over
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