leave off

Verb

Meaning

prevent from being included or considered or accepted

stop using

come to an end, stop or cease

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

exclude except omit break off leave out end belay leave avoid stop break stay drop stopped finish
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Antonyms

include continue annex cover drive fight
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Hypernyms

stop eliminate cease quit extinguish discontinue

Hyponyms

elide

Examples

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. Samuel Butler (novelist)

This very night I am going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realised. Charles Lamb

By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon, for I am put on the sofa near the fire and can drink as much wine as I like. Jane Austen

What you can do today do not leave off for tomorrow. Serbo Croatian Proverb

Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off. Spanish Proverb

Love is like war, begin when you like and leave off when you can. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

leave nothing undone leave now leave of absence leave office leave on leave on a high note