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Leave

/liːv/
To go away from a place or a person

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Examples:

I leave for work at eight.We need to leave the house by noon.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave behind”), from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let remain, leave”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyb- (“to remain, leave behind, be left behind”).

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