leaves off

verb

present tense third-person singular of leave off
1
as in ends
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings

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2
as in stops
to come to an end the snow should leave off around midnight

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Recent Examples of leaves off Pull tarragon leaves off the stem and finely chop the leaves. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026 By the end of The Charmer, Lewis leaves off with a fitting end, on healing. — Tina Eves, SPIN, 4 May 2026 This twist on a French manicure leaves off only the lunula of the nail to the imagination. — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026 The rear is the most interesting angle, with a bumper design that picks up where the front leaves off and no attempt at a fake diffuser. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Mar. 2026 After curing, clip the garlic leaves off hardneck garlic varieties and store the bulbs in mesh bags, or twist softneck garlic leaves into braids for hanging. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2026 Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 Pruning Practices All tomato plants benefit from pruning to keep the leaves off the ground, eliminate sucker shoots to increase energy for fruit production, and to open the plant for good air circulation. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026 This is the atheism of Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger and their existentialist descendants, which begins in precisely the place where scientific materialism leaves off, with the will of the subjective, conscious agent. — Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaves off
  1. ends
  2. stops
  3. ceases
  4. expires
  5. halts
  6. concludes
  7. quits
  8. breaks off
Verb
  • Find your favorite before the deal ends, and check out more bedding from Bloomhaven below.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • After physical disk production ends, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store, an online shop for PlayStation games, and at retailers.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of ends
Verb
  • The global oil surplus should help commercial stockpiles bounce back, particularly if the rest of the world stops relying so much on the United States as the petroleum producer of last resort.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • If exception paths are undocumented, AI either stops too early or acts with false confidence.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of stops
Verb
  • This is not only devastating because Aang appears fatally injured, but because if an Avatar dies in the Avatar State, the entire cycle of Avatar reincarnation ceases and the earth’s balance is forever lost.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • What is surprising—indeed, almost shocking—is when a particular fashion ceases to change.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of ceases
Verb
  • Burns previously rejected suggestions that the ethics investigation was politically motivated, noting that Anderson, a Republican, had already lost his primary election and will not return to the council after his term expires.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
  • The Constitutional Court ruled that Tokayev can run again when his term expires in 2029 because his current tenure does not count under amendments to the constitution that were approved in a nationwide vote in March and came into force this month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of expires
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  • The countywide legislation halts zoning and permitting processes for data centers and BESS sites in unincorporated areas of Jackson County for 180 days, which sponsor Sean Smith and other legislators have said will create time for the county to set more detailed permanent land use policies.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • But the publishing machine never quite halts, and the coming months do star a (smaller) collection of exciting new releases.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 June 2026
Definition of halts
Verb
  • Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today’s newsletter.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of concludes
Verb
  • However, consumers and retailers shouldn’t call it quits on big fits just yet.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • This solution could even be moved from space to space as needed, though that would involve more hefting than most of us would be happy undertaking more than a few times before calling it quits.
    — Paul Ridden June 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2026
Definition of quits
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  • According to the reports, the malfunctions occurred during the ride's signature ‘tilt' portion, where the segment of track containing the ride vehicle breaks off completely and tilts forward 45 degrees before reconnecting to another piece of track at a 90-degree angle to the ground below.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • If the mouthpiece breaks off, try to remove it without digging into the skin.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Definition of breaks off

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“Leaves off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaves%20off. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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