Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leave off

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English

Syllables: leave off
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To omit.

Transitive verb

verb

To desist; to cease.

Informal

verb

To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Leave off hitting him!"
"We will now continue where the other team left off."
"Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise."
"The plot picks up where the last film left off. The High Table, the organisation that controls crime around the world, has a multi-million-dollar contract out on Wick, who killed a High Table member."

Usage

Inflected Forms

leaves off (present, singular) leaving off (participle, present) left off (participle, past) left off (past)

Synonyms

let off let up exclude miss off break off have done with pause take a break

Questions

What does leave off mean?: To omit.

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