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To leave out

Leave \Leave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Left (l[e^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaving.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[=i]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban.

  1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.
    --Gen. ii. 24.

  2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

    If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?
    --Jer. xlix. 9.

    These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
    --Matt. xxiii. 2

  3. Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed.
    --Bacon.

    3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

    Now leave complaining and begin your tea.
    --Pope.

  4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

    Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
    --Mark x. 28.

    The heresies that men do leave.
    --Shak.

  5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

    I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor.
    --Shak.

  6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.

    Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.
    --Matt. v. 24.

    The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
    --Shak.

  7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

  8. to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills. To leave alone.

    1. To leave in solitude.

    2. To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. To leave off.

      1. To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock.

      2. To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth.

    3. To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit.

      To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing.

      To leave to one's self, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).

      Syn: Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See Quit.

Usage examples of "to leave out".

The martial arts would not be developed by Buddhist monks until after that, but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, “.

Arlene and Tara knew a little about it, of course, since you have to tell your best friends when you've broken up with your guy, even if you have to leave out all the interesting details.

He went to his desk, gathered up the stack of papers he had instructed his secretary to leave out for him, and stuffed them in a briefcase to take to his living quarters.