leave off
Verb
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Verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To omit.
- (informal) To desist; to cease.
- Leave off hitting him!
- (intransitive) To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
- (omit) exclude, miss off; see also Thesaurus:omit
- (desist) break off, have done with; see also Thesaurus:desist
- (stop with a view to resuming) pause, take a break
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