leave off
[verb]
Synonyms: stop, cease, desist, deval, discontinue, give over, halt, knock off, quit, surcease

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

leave off phrasal verb (see also leave)

1. to stop doing something
take up/pick up/continue (something) etc where somebody left off (=continue something that has stopped for a short time)
Barry took up the story where Justine had left off.
leave off doing something British English informal:
‘Will you leave off nagging?’ he snarled.

2. leave somebody/something off (something) to not include something such as someone’s name in a list or other document:
Why was her name left off the list?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

leave off
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.

leave off (something)
to forget or omit something.
All the names beginning with "R" were left off the list.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

leave off something
leave off (something)
to forget or omit something.
All the names beginning with "R" were left off the list.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

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.
Antonym: TAKE UP.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲