Leave Left I Leaves Leaving Liːv Plane Time

• come on, it's time we left.
• the plane leaves for dallas at 12.35.
• i hate leaving home.
• the plane leaves heathrow at 12.35.

leave

1. to go away from a person or a place
• Come on, it's time we left.
• The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.
• I hate leaving home.
• The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.
2. to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etc.
• My secretary has threatened to leave.
• Some children leave school at 16.
3. to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently
• She's leaving him for another man.
4. to not do something or deal with something immediately
• Leave the dishes—I'll do them later.
• Why do you always leave everything until the last moment?
5. to make or allow somebody/something to remain in a particular condition, place, etc.
• Leave the door open, please.
• The bomb blast left 25 people dead.
• Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.
• Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.
6. to make something happen or remain as a result
• Red wine leaves a stain.
• She left me with the impression that she was unhappy with her job.
• I'm afraid you leave me no choice.
7. to remain to be used, sold, etc.
• Is there any coffee left?
• How many tickets do you have left?
• They are fighting to save what is left of their business.
• The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.
8. to go away from a place without taking something/somebody with you
• I've left my bag on the bus.
• Don't leave any of your belongings behind.
• He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.
9. to have a particular amount remaining
• Seven from ten leaves three.
10. to have family remaining after your death
• He leaves a wife and two children.
11. to give something to somebody when you die
• synonym bequeath
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• She left £1 million to her daughter.
• She left her daughter £1 million.
12. to allow somebody to take care of something
• You can leave the cooking to me.
• She left her assistant in charge.
• Leave it with me—I'm sure I can sort it out.
• ‘Where shall we eat?’ ‘I’ll leave it entirely (up) to you (= you can decide).’
• They left me with all the clearing up.
• I was left to cope on my own.
13. to deliver something and then go away
• Someone left this note for you.
• Someone left you this note.
14. used to say that you do not care if somebody accepts or rejects your offer
15. used to say that somebody does not have a strong opinion about something
• Dancing? I can take it or leave it.
16. to stop holding on to something
• synonym let somebody/something go
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• Leave go of my arm—you're hurting me!
17. to say or do nothing more about something
• We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that.
18. used to tell somebody to stop doing something

Extra Examples

• Did you want something? I was just about to leave.
• I wanted to leave but they wouldn’t let me.
• They left for Scotland this morning.
• They were being extremely rowdy and the manager had to ask them to leave.
• They were caught trying to leave the country.
• We were all packed and ready to leave.
• Are you ready to leave yet?
• Come on—it’s time we left.
• Don’t leave any of your belongings behind.
• He had left the organization some years before.
• He wasn’t well, so we had to leave him behind.
• Hundreds of villagers have already left to seek work in the towns.
• I leave it to you to decide what order to do things in.
• I left my bag on the bus.
• I worked in Hong Kong after I left university.
• I’ve left my phone somewhere but I can’t remember where.
• If we leave now, we should make it in time.
• John says he left the restaurant at around midnight.
• Leave it with me —I’m sure I can sort it out.
• My assistant is threatening to leave.
• She claims she was forced to leave her job after she became pregnant.
• She left school at 14 with no qualifications.
• She refused to leave until she had talked to an officer.
• She’s leaving him for another man.
• The family had left in a hurry, leaving all their belongings behind.
• They got into an argument and were asked to leave.
• Too many teachers are leaving the profession for higher-paid jobs.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they leave
• he / she / it leaves
• past simple left
• past participle left
• -ing form leaving

Word Origin

• verb Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’.