take leave

present singular third person takes leave · participle present taking leave · past took leave · participle past taken leave

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, leave.

   Romney had already taken leave from Bain Capital by the time the American Pad & Paper layoffs took place.

   2011 March, W James Antle III, “Front-runner Failure”, in American Spectator, volume 44, number 2, page 12

2. oftenwith ofTo depart.

   Rincon had taken leave of the king in early May

   1990 August, Linda Abbott with Marsha Frey, “Fatal diplomacy”, in History Today, volume 40, number 8, page 10

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   So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.

   1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343

   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.

   1995 October 12, Furman Bisher, “Little fanfare for Cincinnati”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution

   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

   1999 Spring, Judith Grossman, “How Aliens Think.”, in Ploughshares, volume 25, number 1, page 146