school-leaving agenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌskuːlˈliː.vɪŋ ˌeɪdʒ/us/ˌskuːlˈliː.vɪŋ ˌeɪdʒ/UKthe lowest age at which a person can leave school
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Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
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