1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings
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2
as in to end
to come to an end
the snow should leave off around midnight
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Recent Examples of leave off
Pull tarragon leaves off the stem and finely chop the leaves.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
As well as not refereeing games, Attwell has been left off VAR and fourth-official duties for all the Forest matches in the relevant two-year period.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
The criticism was that Guerin left off a player who was one of the top goal scorers in the NHL.
—Mac Engel
april 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
After the shuttle program, NASA kept the space plane idea going, but never again at so grand a scale—and, in 2004, a private company called SpaceDev picked up the HL-20 where the space agency left off.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
As well as not refereeing games, Attwell has been left off VAR and fourth-official duties for all the Forest matches in the relevant two-year period.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
The criticism was that Guerin left off a player who was one of the top goal scorers in the NHL.
—Mac Engel
april 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
After the shuttle program, NASA kept the space plane idea going, but never again at so grand a scale—and, in 2004, a private company called SpaceDev picked up the HL-20 where the space agency left off.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leave off
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Quin Snyder’s Towns wrinkle stalled the Knicks briefly, then stopped working.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The workers get ordered to start jobs, stop jobs, ignore jobs and are other things that turn them into ping pong balls, with the Butleys and the del Valles as the paddles.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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His step-back jumper with 32 seconds left was the exclamation point, a shot that ended Orlando’s final push and extended Detroit’s season.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Sophomore reliever Mason Almazan coaxed a shallow fly out with a runner at third to end the game.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hollis then began posting occasional pictures of Pino from his Facebook page onto her own Facebook page, despite a judge’s order to cease.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Updates slowed after the original creators left the project, and new releases ceased entirely around 2007.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bryson DeChambeau’s contract, arguably LIV’s biggest draw, expires at the end of the year.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In fact, historically, spending 5% on an at-the-money call option expiring in two weeks would have resulted in a loss overall.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Though the start of the pandemic soon after halted her momentum, DeVaux kept at it, eventually taking the Breeder’s Cup in 2024.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The most immediate fallout is unfolding in Louisiana, where the Supreme Court invalidated the state’s congressional map and forced officials to halt the May 16 House primaries.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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Schleifer and the Stallions boys and girls tennis teams concluded the season by sweeping the 2A state championships at Red Bug Lake Park in Casselberry near Orlando.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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The offseason program then concludes before training camp begins in July.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2026
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For decades, California had some of the strongest legal protections for law enforcement officers in the country, at times allowing those who engaged in serious misconduct to quietly quit and find jobs in other departments.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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But in the end, higher jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war drained cash from the business at an accelerating pace, forcing it to call it quits.—
Bernard Condon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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At nickel, Brownlee is the primary option, though, as mentioned, Ponds could push him — and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick might wind up getting the bulk of the snaps at nickel anyway.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The 49ers wound up dealing it to New England.—
Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Leave off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leave%20off. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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