leave off

verb

left off; leaving off; leaves off

Synonyms of leave off next

: stop, cease

picked up where he had left off

Example Sentences

we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings the snow should leave off around midnight

Recent Examples on the Web Today, as top stars routinely miss games to manage or prevent injuries, critics leave off the last word. —

Robert O’connell, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023 The trailer picks up where Majors’s comments leave off. —

Michael B. Jordan’s Got Two Jobs, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2023 The trailer picks up where Majors’s comments leave off. —

Michael B. Jordan’s Got Two Jobs, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2023 Clarkson’s Kellyoke EP picks up where her covers from The Kelly Clarkson Show leave off. —

Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 9 June 2022 Flip through more first-look photos below. 'Run the World' Season 2 Photos Open Gallery Where did season 1 leave off? —

Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 15 Feb. 2023 Where, exactly, did the influence of genes leave off and experience begin? —

Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013 The trailer picks up where Majors’s comments leave off. —

Vulture, 18 Oct. 2022 While not hard sci-fi in a high-tech or alien sense, the supernatural mystery series is too good to leave off this list. —

Eric Maurer, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

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