Definition

to leave: to exit, to go away, to depart; to abandon, to deposit, to give over verb
When do you leave for France? When are you going to France?
I've left five messages on her answerphone. I rang and recorded five messages on her answerphone.
I left the country two years ago. I exited the country two years ago.

This is an irregular verb:
I leave / I left / I have left
(there's nothing) left: (there's nothing) remaining, (there is) no more verb
There's still some food left. There is still some food that hasn't been eaten.
What is left to do? What remains to be done?

UK: I'd like to leave the office early today.
US: You left early yesterday. Get back to work.
  • "I left my shoes with your wife, Susan Bliss."
  • "You're not just going to leave that lyin' here, are you?"
  • "But, before she could leave the building, she heard a cry for help..."
  • "Voiceover : Imagine another dimension where nothing is as it seems. Up is down, right is left, and the Delavigne Corporation... well, let's just say it's the Brian Jones Corporation."
  • "Your flight leaves SFO at 7:25 tonight and you arrive in Boston at 1:52 tomorrow morning."
  • "- Adorable brown right ear, floppy white left ear"
  • "They won't be back until sundown, which leaves us to do as we please."
  • "There's only one thing left to do: have a barbie!"
  • "I'm leaving, goodbye!"
  • "You can't leave now!"

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