leave off

verb

left off; leaving off; leaves off

: stop, cease

picked up where he had left off

Synonyms of leave off

• stop
• cease
• end
• halt
• quit
• shut off
• lay off
• cut off
• cut out

Examples of leave off in a Sentence

we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings

the snow should leave off around midnight

Recent Examples on the Web

In October, the company reached out to Mazur with an offer to pick up where Aydin left off, this time at a clinic in the Dominican Republic. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

The driving rain is going to make things much more difficult, but Folk's kick was wide left off his foot. — AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Still, the researchers had to rely on stand-in metrics to judge which non-donor players had symptoms, including whether dementia was listed on death certificates, because it's often left off. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Oct. 2026

OpenAI’s agents coordinated their behavior in ingenious ways, including writing secret messages in a file system so that even when one AI colony was erased, a future colony could pick up the hack where the previous one left off. — Noah Giansiracusa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for leave off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff

Kids Definition

leave off

verb

: stop entry 1 sense 7a, cease