leave over

verb

To allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.

“The family leaves over enough food from Sunday dinner for Monday lunch and dinner.”

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Meanings

verbleave over (third-person singular simple present leaves over, present participle leaving over, simple past and past participle left over)

present singular third person leaves over · participle present leaving over · participle past left over · past left over

  1. UKtransitiveTo allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.

    The family leaves over enough food from Sunday dinner for Monday lunch and dinner.

  2. Give over; stop it!

    "Oh, leave over!" he whispered urgently.

    1924, Collier's, volume 73, page 92
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APA

leave over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave%20over

MLA

“leave over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leave over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leave%20over.

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