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leave

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leave1 /liːv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp left /left/)  
1  go away 离开 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LEAVE A PLACE to go away from a place or a person 出发；离开
 My baby gets upset when I leave the room.
我一离开房间宝宝就会不安。
 Before leaving the train, make sure you have all your belongings with you.
下火车前一定要带好随身物品。
 Leave the motorway at Junction 7.
请在七号交叉路口驶离高速公路。
leave at
 The plane leaves at 12.30.
飞机于12点30分起飞。
leave for
 I tried calling him, but he’d already left for work.
我试着打电话给他，可他已经去上班了。
leave (something/somebody) soon/now/later etc
 If he left immediately, he’d catch the 7.30 train.
他要是马上出发，就能赶上7点30分的火车。
leave (something/somebody) to do something
 Frances left work early to meet her mother.
弗朗西丝提前下班去接她母亲。
leave somebody doing something
 Never leave children playing near water unattended.
千万不能让儿童在水边独自玩耍。
leave somebody to something
 I’ll leave you to it (=go away and let you continue with what you are doing).
这事我就留给你做了。
 My youngest boy has not left my side (=has stayed near me) since his daddy was killed.
我最小的儿子自从他爸爸死后就没有离开过我的身边。
leave somebody in peace (=go away from someone so that they can think, work etc alone) 让某人清静，不打扰某人
 Just a few more questions, then we’ll leave you in peace.
再问几个问题我们就不打扰你了。
2  stop 停止 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if you leave your job, home, school etc, you permanently stop doing that job, living at home etc 离职；离开〔家、学校等〕
 Over the past two years, 20 staffers have left.
在过去两年里，有20名员工离职。
leave home/school/college etc
 How old were you when you left home (=your parents’ home)?
你是多大的时候从家里搬出来的？
 My daughter got a job after she left school.
我女儿毕业后找了一份工作。
 The lawsuit will be postponed until the president leaves office.
这场诉讼要推迟到总统离任以后。
leave a job/country/Spain etc
 Many missionaries were forced to leave the country.
许多传教士被迫离开这个国家。
 It seems that Tony has left the band for good (=permanently).
看来托尼是永远离开这个乐队了。
leave (somebody/something) to do something
 Laura left her native England to live in France.
劳拉离开她的家乡英格兰，移居法国了。
3  leave somebody/something alone 
a) INTERFEREto stop annoying or upsetting someone 不去打扰某人，让某人独自待着
 Oh, just leave me alone, will you?
噢，你就别来烦我了好不好？
 Leave the boy alone, he can make up his own mind.
不要去打扰这孩子，他会自己作决定的。
b) to go away from someone so that they are on their own 留下某人独自一人
 Six-year-old Gemma had been left alone in the house.
六岁的杰玛被单独留在了屋子里。
c) to stop touching something 不碰某物
 Leave that alone. You’ll break it.
别碰，你会把它打碎的。
d) (also leave well (enough) alone) to stop being involved in or trying to change a situation 不管，不过问
 Why can’t they just leave well alone and let us concentrate on teaching?
他们为什么就不能不再插手，让我们专心教课呢？
4  let STH/SB stay 让某物/某人留在某处 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]REMAIN/BE LEFT to make or allow something or someone to stay in a place when you go away 把〔某物或某人〕留在某处
5  not change/move STH 不改变/不移动某物 [transitiveT]ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE to let something remain in a particular state, position, or condition 使保持〔某种状态或在某个位置〕
6  result of accident/illness/event 事故/疾病/事件的后果 [transitiveT]CAUSE if an event, accident, illness etc leaves you in a particular condition, you are in that condition because of it 造成，使留下〔某种后果〕
7  be left  (also have something left)REMAIN/BE LEFT if something is left, it remains after everything else has gone, been taken away, or used 剩下，剩余；留下来
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be left• I still have three chapters left to read.• Is there any coffee left?• In each case contestants are voted out one at a time by their colleagues and by viewers until just two are left.• One on each side for the short distance that was left.• He was left in feeble health, unemployed and with a wife, three-year-old daughter and a newly-born one.• Coats, bags and shoes were to be left in the corridors and not brought in to the hall.• By 5 o'clock there was hardly anyone left in the office.• The inculcation of political orthodoxy and instruction of a more coercive nature was left strictly in the hands of the Party.• That was left to a Commission on Admissions, which spent the summer and fall wrangling bitterly over the details.• Scarcely a single social problem was left untouched.• After expenses and a donation to a charity, he was left with about $ 424,000.
8  letter/message/thing 信件/口信/东西 [transitiveT]PUT to deliver a message, note, package etc for someone or put it somewhere so that they will get it later 〔给某人〕留下〔口信、便条、包裹等〕
9  delay 推迟 [transitiveT]NOT DO something to not do something or to do it later than you intended 留下〔不做〕
10  let SB decide/be responsible 让某人决定/负责 [transitiveT]RESPONSIBLE to let someone else decide something or be responsible for something 把…留交〔某人决定或负责〕；委托；交由
11  husband/wife etc 丈夫/妻子等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to stop living with or having a relationship with your husband, partner etc 离开〔丈夫、伴侣等〕
12  when you die 临死 [transitiveT]
13  mark 记号 [transitiveT] to make a mark that remains afterwards 留下〔痕迹等〕
14  not eat/drink 不吃/不喝 [transitiveT]EATDRINK if you leave food or drink that you have been given, you do not eat or drink it 剩下〔食物或饮料〕
15  leave somebody/something standing  (also leave somebody/something in the dust American EnglishAmE) informalBETTERFAST/QUICK to be much better, quicker, more successful etc than someone or something else 远远胜过某人/某物，让某人/某物望尘莫及
16  leave a lot/something/much to be desired GOOD ENOUGHto be very unsatisfactory 还有许多需要改进的地方
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leave a lot/something/much to be desired• Bob's idea of a balanced diet left something to be desired.• His treatment of capital and profits left much to be desired.• On the campaign trail, his oratorical skills have left much to be desired.• On theoretical grounds, however, it leaves much to be desired.• The quality of research in the area of child abuse still leaves much to be desired.• To some degree they have been hampered by courses of study and lesson plans thai leave something to be desired.• While the woodwind and low strings were reasonably well replicated, the violins, timpani and brass left much to be desired.• Yet, as a match, it left something to be desired.
17  mathematics 数学 [transitiveT] in a sum, to have a particular amount remaining 剩下，余
18  leave something aside/to one side IGNOREto not think about or consider one part of something for a time, so that you can consider another part of it 把某事暂时搁在一边，暂时不考虑某事
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Leaving aside• Money talk Leaving aside the cost of options, which tends to be high, both these cars offer excellent value.
19. leave somebody/something be old-fashioned to not upset, speak to, or annoy someone or to not touch something 不去打扰某人，不去管某人；不去动某物
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leave somebody/something be• Leave me be! I've got a lot of things to think about.
20. leave go/hold of something British EnglishBrE spoken informalHOLD to stop holding something 放开某物；放掉某物
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leave go/hold of something• Sometimes the girl did not leave hold of her swing, and the act failed.
21  leave it to somebody (to do something) American EnglishAmE spoken informal used to say that no one should be surprised that someone does something, because it is typical or expected of them 当然是某人(做某事)
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leave it to somebody (to do something)• And I will leave it to you, dear reader, to make a choice.• At Thayer the clear intention is that if something is central to our mission, we will not leave it to chance.• But I don't want to leave it to the last game of the season.• He'd not leave it to some one who would turn it over.• I leave it to your discretion whether you should tell the Professors that they are 114 both wrong, or both right.• I find it difficult to put my thoughts and feelings about this into words, so I will leave it to others.• They ought to leave it to the markets.• Yeah, well, leave it to Esther.
22. Elvis/somebody/something has left the building especially American EnglishAmE informal used humorously to emphasize that something is definitely over or that someone has gone and will not return 某人已经一去不复返；某事已经彻底结束〔幽默用法〕
23 leave somebody/something ↔ behind phrasal verbphr v 
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leave behind• A bower builder can leave his behind. 72 More direct evidence of this pattern comes from fish.• But her happiness is clouded by having to leave daughter Amber behind.• Employees may also be worried about the social life in the new area and leaving their friends behind.• Soon it would take off, leaving her behind.• When people flee a country at the outbreak of war, they do not leave their valuables behind.• Now that they had left Naples way behind them she felt increasingly less secure.• Agnes noticed Nanny pick up something as they left the town behind them.• She tearfully departed with one dress, leaving the children behind with her mother.
leave the past behind• They leave the past behind them and turn toward the future.
left ... far behind• But for Iain such everyday adolescent misadventures have already been left far behind.• Mice, deer and all these islands' aboriginal inhabitants are left far behind.• The Emerald City was soon left far behind.
24 leave off phrasal verbphr v 
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leave off• I would keep on reading the first few pages, forgetting where I had left off.• Several people touch him as they speak; he looks up, responds, and picks up right where we left off.• Ten days later, we picked up where we had left off, driving away from Wichita in yet another new car.• It is time to leave off, his daughter tells him, it s time to burst forth like a butterfly.• Or maybe she has the idea that we can pick up where we left off in Jefferson's long but thin bed.• I leave off only when Evan is hooked into the unfolding plot of the story.• Some might see dangers and difficulties in discussing reunification, but it could not be left off the agenda.• Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter!
leave off doing something• Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter!• I leave off only when Evan is hooked into the unfolding plot of the story.• I would keep on reading the first few pages, forgetting where I had left off.• It is time to leave off, his daughter tells him, it s time to burst forth like a butterfly.• Or maybe she has the idea that we can pick up where we left off in Jefferson's long but thin bed.• Several people touch him as they speak; he looks up, responds, and picks up right where we left off.• Some might see dangers and difficulties in discussing reunification, but it could not be left off the agenda.• Ten days later, we picked up where we had left off, driving away from Wichita in yet another new car.
25 leave somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v 
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leave out• But hang on a minute ... Do you think I might have left anything out?• Don't be afraid to leave things out!• He placed the food on the kang and left dispiritedly.• You've left it out here.• Since they knew there were no diamonds in these harder rocks, they just left them out in the fields.• If this would otherwise be done leaving food out or in the refrigerator, then the microwave actually adds to energy use.• Clint woke up when she left and looked out the window.
leave somebody/something out of something• And leave me out of it.• The law required Polly to establish that Peter's activities had left her out of pocket.• I am using this fact as an excuse to evade the problem and leave it out of the classification altogether.• Still, Leyland left him out of the postseason rotation because there was nobody else to work right-handed long relief.• Wilkinson was the first to leave, walking out of the room abruptly and looking somewhat tense.
be/feel left out• The whole time I went to the youth group I felt completely left out.• But some will be left out.• Can it really be left out?• Had we picked Emburey, I think Willis would have been the one to be left out.• It was a testimonial to his personality that he could take his roots with him without making others feel left out.• They tried to see she didn't feel left out but Jean is very shy and sensitive.• A man can feel left out during pregnancy.• Those waiting for Washington to successfully deal with these issues will be left out in the cold.• Gwendolen McEwen had always felt left out when her schoolfriends went to see their grandparents, because she had none.
→ somebody can take it or leave it at take1(21), → be left holding the baby/bag at hold1(26)
n THESAURUS
to leave a place
leave
Just as I was leaving the house, the phone rang.
We left early to avoid the traffic.
go especially spoken to leave somewhere
Come on, boys, it’s time to go.
When does the next bus go?
set off especially British EnglishBrE to leave somewhere and begin a journey
The following day we set off for Vienna.
take off if a plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight
Our plane took off late because of the fog.
emigrate to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country
In 2002, his family emigrated to New Zealand.
depart formal to leave – used especially about trains, buses, planes etc
Coaches depart for the airport every 30 minutes.
to leave school/college etc
leave especially British EnglishBrE to finish studying at school or college, usually at the age or time when people normally finish
When James left school, he worked for a while with his father.
She found it hard to get a job after leaving university.
graduate to successfully finish your studies at a college or university, or at an American high school
Kelly graduated from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies.
Approximately 80% of Americans graduate from high school.
drop out to leave school, college, or university before your course of study has finished, because you do not want to continue with it
I failed my first year exams and decided to drop out and get a job.
quit American EnglishAmE to leave school without finishing your course of study
He quit school at fourteen to work and help support his family.
leave your job
leave
I left my last job because the salary was so low.
Why don’t you just leave?
quit to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it
After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job.
I’ve told them I’m quitting.
resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job
The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date
You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working
After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May.
He had to retire because of ill health.
Examples from the Corpus
leave• He left £1000 to each of the nurses who had looked after him.• I hated school and couldn't wait to leave.• Church officials are concerned about all the people who have left.• Collins leaves a wife and three children.• Small wonder, then, that heart disease kills a quarter of us and leaves another third chronically disabled.• Brian's parents talked him out of leaving college.• I have to leave early tomorrow morning to fly to Detroit.• Always leave enough fuel for the next person to build a fire with.• What legacy are we leaving for future generations?• I'm leaving for Paris on Tuesday.• He offered me four grand, all he had left from the game, and I took it.• Coaches leave from Victoria every hour.• I'm surprised that Kent left her.• He left his hometown when he was 16, and he hasn't been back there since.• I left home when I was 14.• Her plane leaves Hong Kong at 10.00.• I can't find my coat - I must have left it at work.• "Where's Marcia?" "Oh, she left last week to have her baby."• It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years.• It seemed unbelievable that they would stand aside and let them leave like this.• It had not left much time to arrange for a reception committee.• I'm sure I left my bag somewhere around here.• I was glad we had not gone away as my uncles had and left Omite alone.• Cut the fillets into serving pieces but leave steaks whole.• Hand back the identity card when you leave the building.• After 30 years, Paige is leaving the company.• Chamberlain was a Cabinet Minister until he left the Liberal party in 1886.• After leaving the Navy, he started a new career in journalism.
leave for• We're leaving for Tokyo next week.
leave home/school/college etc• And all this meant that I couldn't wait to leave home.• At the time of the research, children could generally find employment in the area without leaving home.• Her father gave up shooting quite suddenly, after Frank left home.• Senior power forward Tony Moore became academically ineligible, then left school.• Some police agencies lock anklets on criminal suspects, convicts and parolees that set off an alarm if the person leaves home.• What is done here with and for high school students will make a difference in who they are when they leave school.• Ever since leaving college, Susan has lived for publishing and worshiped Simon.• Before you leave school to go on Work Experience you will be told which teacher to contact if you have any problems.
left ... in the care of• I left her in the care of Nettie and Inge.• I could not stay, but left her in the care of the doctor and several nurses, and returned to London.
leave a space/gap etc• That means you have to leave space.• It is important to leave a gap between the water surface and the drip tray to allow this.• It's hard to see how to begin with enough reality to generate action while leaving space for genuine doubt.• Of course the importance of a high quality of case recording is clearly recognised but a rushed volunteer might leave gaps in case recording.• At the time Cook was concentrating on smaller, more select parties which left a gap in the market for larger tours.• Since most tables are also used for dumping, leave space so that the arrangements aren't continually being disturbed.• It could not properly be interpreted as leaving a gap where that unusual situation arose.• Any of the text can be changed, but don't forget to leave spaces wherever they will be needed.
leave somebody something• If I'm not home, you can leave me a message.• Uncle Gene left us his house.• Why didn't you leave me any bread?
left undone• But this justifiable pleasure does not disguise the fact that much was left undone.• Now knights no longer come everyday, and the good deeds are left undone.• Our coverage begins with the biggest thing he did, then turns to the biggest thing he left undone.• Somebody is always dissatisfied or something is always left undone.• They remain friends, though she is quick to be petulant over telephone messages left unanswered and favours left undone.• Nothing is left undone, nothing left to chance.• These criticisms, which focus on what has been left undone rather than on what has been done, are inevitably inconclusive.• We have left undone those things which we ought to have done.
leave something to somebody• I've always left financial decisions to my wife.
leave somebody for somebody• Jan's husband left her for another woman.
leave a mark/stain/scar etc• A new way of helping students leave a mark.• For the first time since I had to leave home, this is a place that will leave a scar.• The disturbing images, however, have left a mark.• Velvet Pin as little as possible as pins tend to leave marks.• Even the gradual assimilation of his disappointment would leave scars and blights, like a landscape after fire.• And worse, something which will leave a stain on me.• Stagflation and the threat of deeper world recession has left marks upon the consciousness of the workers.
leaving ... untouched• He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.• Irradiation would make things worse by destroying the warning spoilage bacteria and leaving pathogens untouched.• They zero in on dopamine while leaving other neurotransmitters untouched.• Zali sniffed at the food, looked at me and lay down, leaving it untouched.• Trim any excess fat from the lamb, leaving the skin untouched, and rub the joint with salt and pepper.
Related topics: Conditions of employment
leave2 ●●○ S3 W3 noun  
1  holiday 假期 [uncountableU]BEC time that you are allowed to spend away from your work, especially in the armed forces 假期，假日；〔尤指军人的〕休假
2. maternity/sick/compassionate leave time that you are allowed to spend away from work because you have had a baby, because you are ill, or because of a personal problem such as the death of a relative 产假/病假/慰唁假
Examples from the Corpus
maternity/sick/compassionate leave• I could take the afternoon off from work as sick leave.• These work-force-centered benefits helped businesses retain their most valuable employees. Sick leave policies changed.• Accumulating days for sick leave proved to be a trap.• Generally a trend of sick leave or requests for transfers by other women who have worked for this person will emerge.• When they go on sick leave, their aggregate take-home pay is actually higher than when they are on the job.• She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.• If the technology is not firm-wide train an extra secretary to cover for others who are on holiday or sick leave.• Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral.
3  leave of absence BECa period of time that you are allowed to spend away from work for a particular purpose 准假
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leave of absence• They say she was not fired, but failed to return after a leave of absence.• I could take a leave of absence from graduate study for one year and still have my fellowship held for me.• Arienne is taking a leave of absence to do a Master's degree.• Patrick Brady, 28, took a leave of absence from Gov.• Morales said his leave of absence from the district runs out May 23.• As the Gay situation unraveled, reserve guard Charlie Taylor was granted an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons.• In 1624 he obtained leave of absence from the University and served as a Member of Parliament.• Whether this entitles the House to exclude a peer on leave of absence has not been tested.• I would have been pleased had Peter been somewhat hesitant to grant me a one-week leave of absence.
4  permission 许可 [uncountableU] formalLET/ALLOW permission to do something 许可，准许
5  without so much as a by your leave old-fashionedRUDE/IMPOLITE without asking permission, in a way that seems very rude 未经许可，擅自
6  take leave of your senses CRAZYto suddenly start behaving in a strange way 发疯
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take leave of your senses• Her daughter had taken leave of her senses and her husband was never at home when he was needed.• She had taken leave of her senses!• You must have taken leave of your senses! b. You must have left your senses behind! 35a.• But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women.• But John had not taken leave of his senses.• Was she taking leave of her senses?• I know what you're saying and I think you've taken leave of your senses.• You challenged him to a fight? Have you taken leave of your senses?
7. take leave of somebody/take your leave formalGOODBYE to say goodbye to someone 向某人告别/辞别
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + leave
annual leave (=an amount of time that you are allowed away from work for holidays etc)
Annual leave is 22 days plus public holidays.
maternity leave (=time that a mother is allowed away from work to have and take care of a new baby)
Two teachers were off on maternity leave.
paternity leave (=time that a father is allowed away from work to take care of a new baby)
He got five days’ paternity leave.
parental leave (=time that a parent is allowed away from work to take care of a child)
Parental leave is often unpaid.
sick leave (also medical leave American EnglishAmE) (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are ill)
The form must be filled in as soon as you return from sick leave.
compassionate leave (=time that you are allowed away from work because someone in your family is very ill or has died)
Eileen was given compassionate leave to go to the funeral.
paid/unpaid leave
She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter.
home leave (=time that you are allowed to spend at home from a job that is far away, for example in the army, or from prison)
Roberts had failed to return from home leave, and there was a warrant out for his arrest.
shore leave (=time that a sailor is allowed to spend on land and away from work)
Hong Kong was a popular place for shore leave.
special leave (=time that you are allowed away from work for a special reason)
Some firms grant special leave when you move house.
study leave British EnglishBrE (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are taking a course)
The company offers study leave for staff development.
sabbatical leave (=time that a teacher is allowed away from work to study or travel)
Headteachers can take sabbatical leave every five years.
indefinite leave (=leave without a time limit)
She has gone on indefinite leave, suffering from exhaustion.
nouns
leave entitlement (=the amount of time that you are allowed to spend away from work on holidays etc)
The normal paid leave entitlement is 20 days.
verbs
have/get leave
How much annual leave do you get?
be entitled to leave (=be allowed to have as leave)
After five years, employees are entitled to 25 days’ leave.
go on leave (=start your time away from work)
I’ll get the report to you before you go on leave.
take leave (=use the time you are allowed)
I don’t think I’ll be able to take any leave in January because we’re too busy.
use (up) leave
I used all my leave in the summertime.
give/grant somebody leave
He was given compassionate leave.
cancel somebody’s leave (=stop people taking leave)
The Police Department cancelled all leave because of the emergency.
Examples from the Corpus
leave• Phil still has three days' annual leave owing to him.• They're giving me five days' leave.• I get twenty-five days' leave a year.• I had come on leave first, so I was first to return.• They got married while he was on leave from the army.
on leave• Carter is in charge of the office while I'm on leave.
leave to do something• The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses.• I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the options for leave to which you may be entitled.• Anyone else must obtain leave to make an application.• Prior to Puhlhofer, failure to obtain leave to proceed by judicial review occurred in less than 10 percent of the applications.• Niall arrived home on leave to find she'd packed her bags and left him a note.• If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this.• Our friend looked at them, then lifted the leaves to expose a lovely row of radishes we never knew we had!• Drain in a colander, pressing the leaves to extract all the juice.• I have to leave to pick up the kids at school.
From Longman Business Dictionary
leaveleave /liːv/ noun [uncountableU]HUMAN RESOURCES
time that you are allowed to be absent from your work
The company offers attractive benefits, including five weeks’ leave per year.
The Los Gatos School District has hired 21 new teachers to replace those who are on leave.
→ annual leave → compassionate leave → gardening leave → maternity leave → paternity leave → sabbatical leave → sick leave → special leave
Origin leave1
Old English læfan
 leave2
Old English læf
leave1 verb
→10-25
→20-25

→n THESAURUS1leave2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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