leave off
To omitTo omit.
» Where did we leave off?
На чём мы остановились? — shanghainese
На чому ми зупинилися? — deniko
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2 languagesExamples
21 sentencesWhere did we leave off?
На чому ми зупинилися? — deniko
ruНа чём мы остановились? — shanghainese
Can you leave the light off?
Where did we leave off last time?
deWo haben wir das letzte Mal aufgehört? — Tamy
Meaning
3 senses(informal)To desist; to cease.
Leave off hitting him!
aufhören
(intransitive)To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
We will now continue where the other team left off.
(idiomatic, transitive)To omit.
- come to an end, stop or cease
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- cease to use
Forms
leaves off, leaving off, left off, left offirregular · Lesson
| Base form | leave off · to leave off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | leaves off |
| Present participle | leaving off |
| Past simple | left off |
| Past participle | left off |
Tenses
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Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- leave onbehaltenquedar, quedarsetrwaćTo cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.
- leave outdejar de ladoopuścić, opuszczaćTo omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
- leave offTo omit.
- leave overGive over; stop it!
- leave asidepretermitirTo not talk about a topic so as to allow full consideration to something else.
Synonyms
12 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.