LEAVES OFF Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

leaves off

verb

Definition of leaves off next

present tense third-person singular of leave off

as in ends

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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as in stops

to come to an end the snow should leave off around midnight

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Recent Examples of leaves off The rear is the most interesting angle, with a bumper design that picks up where the front leaves off and no attempt at a fake diffuser. —

Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Mar. 2026 Pruning Practices All tomato plants benefit from pruning to keep the leaves off the ground, eliminate sucker shoots to increase energy for fruit production, and to open the plant for good air circulation. —

Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026 This is the atheism of Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger and their existentialist descendants, which begins in precisely the place where scientific materialism leaves off, with the will of the subjective, conscious agent. —

Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 This twist on a French manicure leaves off only the lunula of the nail to the imagination. —

Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026 Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp. —

Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 Defenders fall to the ground like leaves off a tree when Lemon sprints to open spaces. —

Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025 Any list of top-5 Nuggets that leaves off Melo is suspect. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 The book leaves off on a more ambiguous note, as Eleanor explains that she and Jamie weren't meant to be together. —

Caroline Blair, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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Catcher Austin Wells capped the game with a three-run home run in the seventh inning to enact the World Baseball Classic’s mercy rule, which ends the game when a team is up by 10 or more runs after seven innings.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Randy Smith’s consecutive game streak ends at 906 games, the longest in NBA history.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026