leave off

Questions about leave off

What does leave off mean?

leave off means "come to an end, stop or cease". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for leave off?

Close synonyms include exclude, except, leave out, omit, take out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leave off a common word?

leave off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.