Synonyms of leave off

leave off

verb

1

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• cease
• end
• halt
• quit
• shut off
• lay off
• cut off
• cut out
• break off
• desist (from)
• have done with
• give over
• break up
• delay
• pack (up or in)
• knock off
• drop
• suspend
• discontinue
• conclude
• can
• finish
• break
• put the kibosh on
• close (down)
• check
• hold back
• complete
• turn back
• block
• clamp down
• pause
• stay
• ruin
• rein (in)
• stem
• hinder
• deactivate
• hold
• dam
• impede
• abort
• brake
• suppress
• destroy
• obstruct
• stamp
• blockade
• detain
• arrest
• dissolve
• squelch
• call
• scuttle
• squash
• kill
• abolish
• stunt
• staunch
• demolish
• snuff
• annul
• stanch
• kibosh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carry on
• continue
• run on
• keep up
• proceed
• follow through (with)
• advance
• progress
• drive
• stir
• propel
• actuate
• impel

2

as in to end

to come to an end

the snow should leave off around midnight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• end
• expire
• conclude
• cease
• halt
• wind up
• break off
• pass
• go
• die
• finish
• break up
• terminate
• close
• wink (out)
• let up
• bite the dust
• lapse
• determine
• discontinue
• quit
• stall
• elapse
• refrain (from)
• desist (from)
• lay off (of)
• cut out
• dead-end
• give over
• break down
• pack (up or in)
• knock off
• stay
• wind down
• pause
• suspend
• peter (out)
• conk (out)
• abate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• hang on
• persist
• draw out
• extend
• prolong
• protract

Examples of leave off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It was first written in 2012 during sessions for her third album Ultraviolence, but was left off of the record. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024

After addressing the format change in a very meta cold open, the credits roll, and the story of Georgie Cooper and his new bride Mandy McAllister picks up almost immediately where Young Sheldon left off. —Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024

The preview for the Netflix drama, set to return on Oct. 31, picks up right where the series left off with a bombing in central London and Kate and the British foreign secretary (David Gyasi) trying to figure out what happened. —Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024

The origin story picks up where the first movie left off. —Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024