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c1450 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 228 (MED) The hole rowte That servyth silvyre and levyth the law oute.

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 203 (MED) They seyng and redynge hys papyr, commaundyd to leve owte and put a way many troughtys.

1483 W. Caxton in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (new ed.) Prohemye sig. aii^v I erryd..in settyng in somme thynges that he neuer..made, and leuynge out many thynges that he made.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 3 And these thynges althoughe they be trifles, yet..I woulde not leue them out.

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. iv. 138 The other translatours..left out that title altogither, as being no part of the text and word of God.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage To Rdr. sig. ¶5 The most leaue out their Authors, as if their own assertion were sufficient authoritie.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 46 A companion that feasts the company with wit and mirth, and leaves out the sin which is usually mixed with them. View more context for this quotation

1676 M. Lister Let. 2 July in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 124 I shall only put you in mind that you leave not out the vinegar.

1694 W. King Disc. Inventions Men (new ed.) ii. 55 They can, on occasion, transpose the Parts of them, change, add, or leave out, as they see Reason.

1735 Ld. Tyrawly Let. 29 July in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 387 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 They could not with any decency do it for him and leave me out.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 104 He seldom leaves any thing out, as he writes only for his own amusement.

1843 H. Rogers in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 559 They can leave out, if they do not put in.

1887 ‘L. Carroll’ Game of Logic i. § i. 6 We agree to leave out the word ‘Cakes’ altogether.

1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. xxxiv. 357 A non-restrictive..clause..may be left out without injury to the precise meaning of the word it is joined to.

1971 S. Linton in S. Jacobs Women in Cross-cultural Perspective 11 A theory which leaves out half the human species is unbalanced.

2005 Y. Huang Cribs 17 How to imagine a relation or a preposition If you don't have ‘Lived experience’ In-born memory Whether to put in or leave out.

1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 266 It was customary for the mistress of the house to leave out work for him [sc. a brownie],—such as the supper-dishes to be washed, or the churn to be prepared,—and he never failed to have the whole done in the morning.

1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 164 Our thoughtless elders occasionally left the biscuits out, a prize for the night-walking adventurer with nerves of steel.

1946 J. Brophy Woman from Nowhere v. 73 Your suit's all rumpled. Leave it out and I'll send it to be pressed.

1958 J. Creasey Strike for Death viii. 81 His wife had probably left some sandwiches out, but it was a household rule that if he didn't eat them, one of the boys would take them for lunch next day.

2013 R. W. Nielsen S. Amer. Coffee Shop Chron. 78 ‘While you have a shower, I will cook breakfast. I will leave a clean towel out,’ said William.

1969 Daily Mirror 10 Oct. 18/3 Leave it out, I don't believe you, or pull the other leg.

1986 P. Theroux O-zone xxxiii. 393 No—leave it out! He had been wrong.

1990 C. Brayfield Prince xx. 436 ‘It's like a nuclear disaster out there—no cars, no one on the streets...’ ‘Leave it out, Baz. You two have never been on time for a rehearsal yet.’