take leave
English
Verb
take leave (third-person singular simple present takes leave, present participle taking leave, simple past took leave, past participle taken leave)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see take, leave.
- 2011 March, W James Antle III, “Front-runner Failure”, in American Spectator, volume 44, number 2, page 12:
- Romney had already taken leave from Bain Capital by the time the American Pad & Paper layoffs took place.
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- (often with of) To depart.
- 1990 August, Linda Abbott; Marsha Frey, “Fatal diplomacy”, in History Today, volume 40, number 8, page 10:
- Rincon had taken leave of the king in early May
- 1995 October 12, Furman Bisher, “Little fanfare for Cincinnati”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution:
- Those who hadn't already taken leave at Javier Lopez's last time up, turned for the exits, not taking the time to cast one last signature boo.
- 1999 Spring, Judith Grossman, How Aliens Think., volume 25, number 1, page 146:
- Lili takes leave with a kiss, and says hi to a young man sitting alone, sulking on a bench outside. / That's Jeannie's boyfriend
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Derived terms
- take one's leave
- take leave of one's senses
- take French leave