1
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
After curing, clip the garlic leaves off hardneck garlic varieties and store the bulbs in mesh bags, or twist softneck garlic leaves into braids for hanging.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 May 2026
By the end of The Charmer, Lewis leaves off with a fitting end, on healing.
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Tina Eves,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
Pull tarragon leaves off the stem and finely chop the leaves.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
This twist on a French manicure leaves off only the lunula of the nail to the imagination.
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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.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 May 2026
By the end of The Charmer, Lewis leaves off with a fitting end, on healing.
—
Tina Eves,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
Pull tarragon leaves off the stem and finely chop the leaves.
—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaves off
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The robot handles laundry, and the clip ends before the messier second attempt.
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Dallas Wings fans will be able to watch Azzi Fudd play basketball even after this WNBA season ends.
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Burke won the Stanley Cup as Anaheim’s general manager in 2007, one of several front-office stops for him, along with time spent as the NHL’s director of hockey operations.
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The nose stops registering any single note and the room just smells busy.
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This essentially means that, for under-16s, Snapchat ceases to function as a social media app and becomes something closer to a sophisticated messaging platform just for friends and family.
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In the company of Charlie and Catherine, Leonora ceases to feel like herself.
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While the school's charter expires June 30, BCSB CEO Edwin Avent said he's appealed the board's decision.
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In New York, that poses an even larger issue, as the hotel workers’ union contract expires June 30 for the first time in a decade.
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The findings indicate that bird-watching and similar hobbies may support overall brain health, though researchers stop short of saying the activity definitively halts cognitive decline.
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The findings do not definitively prove that birding halts cognitive decline, but the evidence is promising.
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The chapter concludes with the Ipnotica rings and earrings, whose rounded, asymmetrical forms are set with white and brown diamonds to create a sculptural bas-relief effect.
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The celebration concludes with the city’s annual fireworks show at the Placer County Fairgrounds.
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However, consumers and retailers shouldn’t call it quits on big fits just yet.
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This solution could even be moved from space to space as needed, though that would involve more hefting than most of us would be happy undertaking more than a few times before calling it quits.
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According to the reports, the malfunctions occurred during the ride's signature ‘tilt' portion, where the segment of track containing the ride vehicle breaks off completely and tilts forward 45 degrees before reconnecting to another piece of track at a 90-degree angle to the ground below.
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If the mouthpiece breaks off, try to remove it without digging into the skin.
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“Leaves off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaves%20off. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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