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单词 leaving off
释义

leave off

verb

left off; leaving off; leaves off
: stop, cease
picked up where he had left off

Synonyms

  • break
  • break off
  • break up
  • can [slang]
  • cease
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • desist (from)
  • discontinue
  • drop
  • end
  • give over
  • halt
  • knock off
  • lay off
  • pack (up or in)
  • quit
  • shut off
  • stop
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Example Sentences

we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings the snow should leave off around midnight
Recent Examples on the Web While not hard sci-fi in a high-tech or alien sense, the supernatural mystery series is too good to leave off this list. Eric Maurer, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Though not a film, this work is too essential to leave off the list. Joshua First, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022 The same players that too many Hall of Fame voters are now happy to leave off of their ballots. Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 By this point in your life, where does Tahliah Barnett leave off and FKA twigs begin? Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022 The book's ending differs from the series, especially insofar as where all the characters' lives leave off. Seija Rankin, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2021 New clinical models, such as human challenge trials, can pick up where clinical trials leave off and enable the rapid development of prognostic efficacy data for many infectious diseases. Nicolas Noulin, Scientific American, 5 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

leaving off 1 of 2

adjective

as in winding up

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • winding up
  • closing
  • passing
  • ending
  • dying
  • finishing
  • stopping
  • letting up
  • terminating
  • concluding
  • expiring
  • discontinuing
  • lapsing
  • ceasing
  • desisting
  • dying (down)
  • subsiding
  • waning
  • ebbing
  • abating
  • quitting
  • moderating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • remaining
  • leftover
  • residual
  • holding up
  • keeping up
  • lingering
  • lasting
  • enduring
  • abiding
  • holding on
  • running on
  • persisting
  • continuing
  • biding
  • perduring
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leaving off

2 of 2

verb

present participle of leave off
1
as in ending
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

  • ending
  • stopping
  • ceasing
  • cutting off
  • laying off
  • shutting off
  • breaking off
  • halting
  • cutting out
  • giving over
  • knocking off
  • breaking up
  • quitting
  • having done with
  • desisting (from)
  • putting the kibosh on
  • packing (up or in)
  • delaying
  • suspending
  • dropping
  • finishing
  • concluding
  • discontinuing
  • breaking
  • holding back
  • suspending
  • canning
  • turning back
  • clamping down
  • closing (down)
  • calling
  • completing
  • blocking
  • holding
  • pausing
  • reining (in)
  • staying
  • stemming
  • checking
  • kiboshing
  • impeding
  • ruining
  • deactivating
  • obstructing
  • hindering
  • suppressing
  • aborting
  • braking
  • damming
  • detaining
  • blockading
  • stamping
  • destroying
  • killing
  • abolishing
  • stunting
  • dissolving
  • arresting
  • squashing
  • scuttling
  • squelching
  • demolishing
  • snuffing
  • annulling
  • stanching
  • staunching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • keeping up
  • continuing
  • running on
  • following through (with)
  • carrying on
  • proceeding
  • progressing
  • advancing
  • driving
  • stirring
  • actuating
  • propelling
  • impelling
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2
as in stopping
to come to an end the snow should leave off around midnight

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ending
  • stopping
  • expiring
  • breaking off
  • concluding
  • winding up
  • ceasing
  • halting
  • letting up
  • breaking up
  • finishing
  • passing
  • closing
  • dying
  • winking (out)
  • biting the dust
  • going
  • terminating
  • determining
  • elapsing
  • lapsing
  • stalling
  • knocking off
  • discontinuing
  • giving over
  • cutting out
  • laying off (of)
  • breaking down
  • quitting
  • desisting (from)
  • winding down
  • dead-ending
  • refraining (from)
  • packing (up or in)
  • conking (out)
  • petering (out)
  • pausing
  • staying
  • suspending
  • abating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hanging on
  • continuing
  • persisting
  • extending
  • drawing out
  • prolonging
  • protracting
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