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| leave [ leev ] |
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1. period of permitted absence: time off from work or duty, with official permission
 He'll get a month's paternity leave.
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2. farewell: the act of saying goodbye to somebody
took our leave
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3. permission: permission to do something
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He was given leave to present his proposal.
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| [ Old English lēaf "pleasure, approval" < Indo-European, "desire"] |
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take leave of your senses to become entirely irrational or lose all sense of reality
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