1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings
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2
as in to end
to come to an end
the snow should leave off around midnight
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Recent Examples of leave off
Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Gio Reyna, Antonee Robinson, Josh Sargent and Yunus Musah, Pulisic’s teammate in Milan, were also left off the 27-man roster summoned to training camp ahead next month’s Gold Cup, although some of those players will be participating in the Club World Cup.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
This comes after he was left off the All-NBA teams, despite posting impressive averages of 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Unfortunately, Verdugo has picked up more or less where the left off with the Yankees.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The series left off in Season 3 with Carmy and company finally opening The Bear, the fine dining establishment that evolved out of The Beef, the greasy sandwich spot Carmy inherited from his late brother.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 May 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
This comes after he was left off the All-NBA teams, despite posting impressive averages of 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Unfortunately, Verdugo has picked up more or less where the left off with the Yankees.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The series left off in Season 3 with Carmy and company finally opening The Bear, the fine dining establishment that evolved out of The Beef, the greasy sandwich spot Carmy inherited from his late brother.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 20 May 2025
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On September 2, Border Force officers had stopped two women at London Stansted Airport.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Nintendo’s onetime chief rival, Sega Corp., stopped making and selling consoles in 2001 after a series of failures.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Delegations from the warring sides agreed Monday to swap dead and wounded troops, but their conditions for ending the war remained far apart.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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But since the spring legislative session ended, Ford has had joint meetings with cannabis and hemp operators in an attempt to reach some compromise.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Yet, for some time now, there has been a third movement that tends to be articulated more in art than elsewhere, even if elsewhere there has long since ceased to be any alternative.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Once retired, income mainly ceases and so does the ability to add funding to retirement accounts.—
David Kudla,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Be sure safety equipment is not expired or damaged.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Given the impending deadline, some strategists argue that the United States should engage Russia in a new nuclear agreement and that the way to do so is to open negotiations while continuing to abide by the limits set by New START even after the treaty expires, in early 2026.—
Eric S. Edelman,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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In fact, a 2019 Aflac survey of over 1,600 American adults found that 53% reported halting use of company products because of disliking a company’s stance on an issue.—
Lauren Howe,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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However, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted the federal trade court's decision, for now reinstating the levies imposed by the president under an emergency powers law.—
Joe Enoch,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Bowling Green concludes the regular season November 25 at UMass, the team’s only trip outside the region, though like the other 11 games is in the Eastern Time Zone.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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That opinion echoed what previous official inquiries had concluded.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Privately, the show’s lead actress, Emily Meade, threatened to quit.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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After being a successful child actor in the 1950s, Talbot quit acting at the age of 14.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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That’s how a player can not make the All-Star team but wind up on one of three All-NBA teams in the same season.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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In late 2023, just as Williams was winding up his tenure at Givenchy, Hong Kong entrepreneur Adrian Cheng took a majority stake in 1017 Alyx 9SM.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 June 2025
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“Leave off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leave%20off. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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