Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, transitive)To allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.

    The family leaves over enough food from Sunday dinner for Monday lunch and dinner.

  2. Give over; stop it!

Examples

7 sentences
  1. You can leave your suitcase over there.

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  2. Leaves lay thick over the ground.

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  3. Stop leaving clothes all over the floor.

    ruХватит разбрасывать одежду по полу.

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  4. He didn't eat much, wanting to leave some over for breakfast.

    deEr aß wenig, um etwas für das Frühstück übrig zu lassen.

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  5. If the poet leaves, the party's over.

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Forms

leaves over, leaving over, left over, left over
Base formleave over · to leave over
3rd person singularleaves over
Present participleleaving over
Past simpleleft over
Past participleleft over

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyleave over
he, she, itleaves over

Past simpleLesson

all personsleft over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave left over
he, she, ithas left over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill leave over

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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