The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - leave°v.

1) go (away or off) , depart, set off, be off, get away or off, retire, retreat, withdraw, decamp, (make an) exit, run, be gone, bid (someone or something) goodbye, say goodbye or adieu (to) , take (one's) leave (of) , quit, desert, pull out, check out, fly, Colloq push or shove off, take off, skedaddle, flit, disappear, do a disappearing act, pull up stakes, up-anchor, Slang beat it, scram, vamoose, split, Brit beetle off, do a bunk, do a moonlight flit, hop it, Taboo slang Brit bugger off: Please leave at once. May I leave the room? She left him alone. 2 go or run off, deviate from: The car left the road and hit a tree. 3) forget, mislay, lose: I left my car keys somewhere in the house. 4) abandon, desert, take leave of, wash one's hands of, turn one's back on; quit, resign from, give up, renounce, drop (out of) : She left him because he mistreated her. I left school at sixteen. 5) make, render, cause to be or become or remain: The beauty of the place left me speechless. 6) bequeath, will, hand down, devise, demise, transfer: Her aunt left some valuable paintings to my wife. 7) entrust, commit, assign, cede, relinquish, give over or up, consign, resign: They are leaving all the responsibility to me. 8) cause or allow to remain, have as a remainder, yield, give: Seven from eleven leaves four. 9) leave off. stop, cease, desist, forbear, give up, refrain from, discontinue, abstain (from) , renounce: He won't leave off gossiping about her. 1) 0 leave out. omit, disregard, ignore, neglect; count out, reject, exclude, eliminate, bar, except: You left out the best part. Don't leave me out of the fun!