Synonyms of leaves off

leaves off

verb

present tense third-person singular of leave off

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ends
• stops
• ceases
• halts
• quits
• gives over
• breaks off
• lays off
• cuts off
• shuts off
• has done with
• knocks off
• desists (from)
• cuts out
• packs (up or in)
• delays
• breaks up
• concludes
• drops
• suspends
• breaks
• finishes
• discontinues
• cans
• closes (down)
• puts the kibosh on
• checks
• holds back
• completes
• blocks
• turns back
• stems
• pauses
• reins (in)
• ruins
• stays
• clamps down
• hinders
• holds
• impedes
• brakes
• stanches
• stamps
• deactivates
• obstructs
• suppresses
• destroys
• dams
• aborts
• kiboshes
• arrests
• calls
• detains
• squashes
• scuttles
• dissolves
• kills
• stunts
• abolishes
• squelches
• demolishes
• annuls
• snuffs
• blockades

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• carries on
• runs on
• proceeds
• progresses
• advances
• follows through (with)
• keeps up
• drives
• stirs
• impels
• propels
• actuates

2

as in stops

to come to an end

the snow should leave off around midnight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ends
• stops
• expires
• concludes
• ceases
• halts
• breaks off
• passes
• goes
• dies
• finishes
• winds up
• terminates
• closes
• breaks up
• lapses
• determines
• winks (out)
• elapses
• stalls
• discontinues
• lets up
• bites the dust
• quits
• refrains (from)
• gives over
• dead-ends
• breaks down
• packs (up or in)
• desists (from)
• cuts out
• knocks off
• lays off (of)
• stays
• pauses
• suspends
• winds down
• conks (out)
• peters (out)
• abates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• hangs on
• persists
• draws out
• extends
• prolongs
• protracts

Example Sentences

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. — 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