leave off

• Deutsches Äquivalent zum englischen Phrasal Verb 'leave off': aufhören, etwas zu tun oder zu benutzen; etwas aus einer Liste oder Reihenfolge weglassen oder auslassen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate stopping or ceasing an activity, or omitting something from a list or sequence.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Stop doing somethinginformal

   To cease or discontinue an activity or action.

   Aufhören

   • Please leave off making that noise.
   • He left off working on the project for a break.
   • The rain left off just as we arrived home.

   Synonymeabstainbreak offceasedesistdiscontinueendgive uphaltpausequitrefrainstop

   Antonymebegincommencecontinuekeeppersistresumestart

2. Omit or excludeinformal

   To not include something or someone.

   Weglassen

   • They left off my name from the list.
   • The recipe left off the sugar by mistake.
   • She left off the final chapter of the book.

   Synonymedisregarddropexcludeleave outomitskip

   Antonymeaddincludeinsert

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