Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking one's leave

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing one's leave
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take one's leave

Questions

What does taking one's leave mean?
present participle and gerund of take one's leave

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