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 By the end of The Charmer, Lewis leaves off with a fitting end, on healing. —

Tina Eves, SPIN, 4 May 2026 For a refined look, pack hydrangeas tightly and cut the leaves off. —

Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 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

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But Polis, whose final term ends early next year, will also leave office having checked off some issues that have lingered for years.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
Co-owner Danielle Dore said the move ends 52 years of renting and will bring more seating, a dog-friendly patio and the same all-day breakfast focus.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026