All leave synonyms
leave
L l noun leave
- farewell β Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- goodbye β a farewell.
- leave-taking β a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- parting β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- withdrawal β Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- time out β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
verb leave
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- run off β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- exit β A way out, especially of a public building, room, or passenger vehicle.
- escape β An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
- elope β Run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.
- embark β Go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
- beat it β to go away
- emigrate β Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- break away β If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
- put down β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- clear out β If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- set down β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- cut out β If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
- put β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pull out β to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- put away β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- push off β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- place β a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- step down β serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- set aside β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- come away β to become detached
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- go away β leave!
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- go forth β military: set out
- evacuate β Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safe place.
- head out β leave, start a journey
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- move out β an act or instance of moving; movement.
- entrust β Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- run along β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- set out β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- slip out β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- bring about β To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- take a hike β to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- pass on β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- walk out β an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- donate β to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.