take leave
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, leave.
verb
To depart.
Example Sentences
- "Romney had already taken leave from Bain Capital by the time the American Pad & Paper layoffs took place."
- "So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry."
- "Rincon had taken leave of the king in early May"
- "Those who hadn't already taken leave at Javier Lopez's last time up, turned for the exits, not taking the time to cast one last signature boo."
- "Lili takes leave with a kiss, and says hi to a young man sitting alone, sulking on a bench outside. / That's Jeannie's boyfriend"