Phrase Hound found 140 phrases and 30 compound words that contain leave. The most common are listed below. Open leave in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 140
- leave behindTo abandon.
- sick leavePaid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.
- maternity leaveA leave of absence from a job for a mother to care of a baby.
- annual leaveAmount of time expressed as the number of days per year that an employee is entitled to be away from work.
- parental leaveA leave of absence from a job for a parent to take care of a baby.
- leave me alonestop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my life (used especially when one is angry, frustrated, or annoyed).
- leave homeTo stop living with one's parents.
- up and leaveTo leave abruptly.
- leave outTo omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
- leave the nestTo leave home; to stop living with one's parents.
- Please Leave
- leave of absenceA period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays or a vacation, which may be paid or unpaid.
- leave a markAlternative form of leave one's mark: To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve prominent success.
- leave-takingThe process of saying goodbye.
- leave for deadTo abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.
- Never Leave
- leave offTo omit.
- leave the chatTo abruptly disappear or become irrelevant.
- garden leaveA period of paid leave before termination of employment, often including non-compete contract clauses.
- leave it outStop it; an admonition to a person who is misbehaving.
- leave it aloneSynonym of let it be: To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene.
- leave no traceTo follow certain outdoor ethical guidelines while camping, etc., so thoroughly that it would appear as though one had never previously been there, for the sake of nature conservation.
- leave aloneTo stop bothering (a person).
- way leaveAlternative form of wayleave: A right of way granted by a landowner.
- Paid leave
Compound words 30
- leftDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- believeTo accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- leaverOne who leaves.
- overleaveTo leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.
- leavableCapable of being left, or departed from.
- wayleaveA right of way granted by a landowner.
- leaveeThe person in a relationship who is left by the other.
- airleaveAn easement consisting of the right granted to a miner to ventilate onto a property.
- leavetimeTime permitted to be absent from work.
- waterleaveAn easement consisting of the right granted to a miner to use a watercourse for drainage etc.