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The most powerful word in any room you've outgrown, said exactly once.
means To go away from a place or person, or to let something remain behind when you depart.
from From Old English 'læfan,' meaning to let remain or bequeath — its oldest sense was not 'to depart' but 'to leave behind.' It traces to a Germanic root tied to ideas of remaining and staying put (a cousin of words like 'life' and the same root behind 'eleven,' which literally means 'one left over' after ten). The thread running through all of it: something stays while something else moves on.
- two meanings
- To exit, and permission to do so
- botanical twin
- Leaves, where trees breathe and quit
- french origin
- Rooted in 'leiban,' to remain behind
- hardest part
- Knowing it's a choice, not failure
- irish goodbye
- Leaving without telling a soul
leave it to beaver — american sitcom that ran 1957-1963 with 234 episodes about family life
leave the world behind — netflix thriller film (2023) starring julia roberts and mahershala ali
uk brexit leave campaign — 2016 referendum where 52% of british voters chose to leave the european union