Meanings
verbtake one's leave (third-person singular simple present takes one's leave, present participle taking one's leave, simple past took one's leave, past participle taken one's leave)
present singular third person takes one's leave · participle present taking one's leave · past took one's leave · participle past taken one's leave
- idiomaticTo depart.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:18Synonyms: take leave
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo depart.
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Chinese Mandarin 告別 /告别, 告辭 /告辞
- 告別 /告别 (gàobié)say goodbye
- 告辭 /告辞 (gàocí)say goodbye
Czech loučit se
- loučit sesay goodbye
Esperanto adiaŭi
- adiaŭisay goodbye
Finnish hyvästellä
- hyvästelläsay goodbye
French dire adieu, faire ses adieux
- dire adieusay goodbye
- faire ses adieuxsay goodbye
- prendre congé desay goodbye
German Abschied nehmen, sich verabschieden
- Abschied nehmensay goodbye
- sich verabschiedensay goodbye
Irish ceiliúir
- ceiliúirsay goodbye
Japanese 告別する
- 告別する (kokubetsu suru)say goodbye
Norwegian Bokmål anbefale seg
- anbefale segsay goodbye
Polish żegnać się, pożegnać się
- żegnać sięsay goodbye
- pożegnać sięsay goodbye
Portuguese despedir-se
- despedir-sesay goodbye
Russian проща́ться, прости́ться
- проща́ться (proščátʹsja)say goodbye
- прости́ться (prostítʹsja)say goodbye
- попроща́ться (poproščátʹsja)say goodbye
Vietnamese cáo từ
- cáo từsay goodbye
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“take one's leave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20one's%20leave. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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