leave off
phrasal verbleave off
- (informal) to stop doing something
- Start reading from where you left off last time.
- leave off doing something He left off playing the piano to answer the door.
- Leave off moaning!
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leave somebody/something off (something)
- to not include somebody/something on a list, etc.
- You've left off a zero.
- We left him off the list.