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leave

1 leave /ˈliːv/ verb
leaves; left /ˈlɛft/ ; leaving
1 leave
/ˈliːv/
verb
leaves; left /ˈlɛft/ ; leaving
Britannica Dictionary definition of LEAVE
: to go away from (a place)
[+ object]
[no object]
often + for
[+ object] : to go away from (a place) to live in a different place
[+ object] : to go away from (a person)
: to stop living with and having a close personal relationship with (someone)
[+ object]
[no object]
[+ object] : to give up or stop having (a job, position, etc.)
: to stop attending, belonging to, or working for (a school, a group, an organization, etc.)
[+ object]
[no object]
[+ object] : to stop participating in (something, such as a game)
[+ object]
: to go away and allow or cause (something or someone) to remain
: to put or bring (something or someone) somewhere and go away
◊ If you leave someone or something with someone, you allow someone to keep and care for someone or something while you are away.
: to go away and forget or neglect to take (something)
: to go away permanently without taking (something or someone) often + behind
[+ object] : to put (something) in a place for another person to take or have
[+ object]
: to allow someone else to deal with or do (something) often + with
often + for
often + to
sometimes used figuratively
◊ In informal U.S. English, you can say leave it to someone (to do something), when someone has acted in a way that is typical or expected.
◊ If people leave you to do something, they do not help you do it.
[+ object] : to cause (something or someone) to be or remain in a specified condition or position
often + -ing verb
often + with
[+ object]
: to allow (something) to remain available or unused
◊ An amount that is left (over) or that you have left (over) is an amount that remains after the rest has been used or taken away.
[+ object] : to cause (something) to remain as a result, mark, or sign
10 
[+ object]
: to have (family members) living after your death
: to give (something, such as money or property) to (someone) after your death
11 
[+ object] mathematics : to have (a number) as a remainder

I must love you and leave you

see 2love

leave much to be desired

see 1desire

leave no stone unturned

see 1stone

leave off

[phrasal verb]
: to stop before finishing a story, conversation, etc.
leave off (doing something) informal : to stop (doing something)

leave out

[phrasal verb]
leave out (someone or something) or leave (someone or something) out
: to not include or mention (someone or something)

leave (someone) guessing

see 1guess

leave (someone) in the dust

see 1dust

leave (someone) in the lurch

see 3lurch

leave (someone or something) alone

: to not bother or touch (someone or something)

leave (someone or something) be

: to not bother or touch (someone or something)

leave (someone or something) for dead

see 1dead

leave (someone) out in the cold

see 2cold

leave (something) to the imagination

see imagination

leave well enough alone

or British leave well alone
: to stop changing something that is already good enough

leave you cold

see 1cold

leave you to your own devices

see device

left at the altar

see altar

take it or leave it

see 1take
2 leave /ˈliːv/ noun
2 leave
/ˈliːv/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of LEAVE
: a period of time when someone has special permission to be away from a job or from military service
[singular]
[noncount]
called also leave of absence
see also compassionate leave, family leave, shore leave, sick leave
[noncount] formal : permission to do something

take leave of someone

formal or take your leave
: to say goodbye to someone

take leave of your senses

: to begin acting or thinking in a very foolish way

without (so much as) a by your leave

old-fashioned
: without asking permission