leave off

leave off
Synonyms and related words:
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, belay, break the habit, cancel, cease, cede, come off, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, desist, desist from, discontinue, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forgo, forswear, give over, give up, halt, hand over, have done with, hold, kick, knock it off, lay down, lay off, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with, put behind one, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, scrub, shake, stay, stop, surrender, swear off, terminate, throw off, throw up, waive, yield

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • leave\ off — v To come or put to an end; stop. There is a high fence where the school yard leaves off and the woods begin. Don told the boys to leave off teasing his little brother. Marion put a marker in her book so that she would know where she left off.… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave off doing something — leave off (doing something) to stop doing something. Mr. Summers finally left off talking and returned to his seat. We ll pick up the story where we left off yesterday …   New idioms dictionary

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