take leave

VERB

depart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon blast off disappear escape evacuate exit go pull out quit remove retire vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate absent decamp desert emigrate migrate part perish scram secede split start tergiversate troop vanish

WEAK

beat it cut and run cut out get away git go away go forth hit the bricks hit the road hit the trail make a break march out move on move out sally forth say goodbye set forth shove off slip away start out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come in continue enter fill occupy persevere remain stay

STRONG

combine come join

WEAK

keep to linger wait

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flee fly leave move pass progress retire travel

STRONG

abscond approach cruise decamp depart escape exit fare hie hightail journey lam mosey near quit repair split vamoose wend withdraw

WEAK

beat it bug out get away get going get lost get off hit the road light out make a break for it make for make one's way move out pull out push off push on run along run away set off shove off skip out take a hike take a powder take flight take off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

remain stay stop

STRONG

arrive wait

VERB

leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish

WEAK

beat it break away clear out come away cut out give the slip go away go forth head out move out pull out push off remove oneself ride off run along say goodbye set out slip out step down take a hike walk out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop

STRONG

come in hold join keep

WEAK

care continue maintain

VERB

part

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pull out separate

STRONG

break depart go quit split withdraw

WEAK

break off break up clear out cut and run dedomicile ease out go separate ways hit the road leave flat part company push off quit the scene say goodbye ship out shove off split up take a hike take off walk out on

Antonyms

STRONG

allow come continue join remain stay wait

WEAK

arrive connect

VERB

separate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up divorce estrange leave part company split

STRONG

bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple

WEAK

break it off break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up unlink untie the knot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

marry

STRONG

come connect engage join link

WEAK

combine unite

VERB

withdraw

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart disengage drop out eliminate go leave pull back pull out quit retire retreat

STRONG

abjure blow book detach exit extract quail recede recoil secede shrink switch vacate

WEAK

absent oneself back out bail out bow out check out draw away draw back ease out exfiltrate fall back get away get lost get off give ground give way keep aloof keep apart make oneself scarce phase out run along seclude oneself take a hike take away take off take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin come continue engage enter join keep persevere stay

STRONG

arrive combine come in face meet unite

WEAK

advance allow permit remain

Example Sentences

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Leavitt, who is pregnant, is set to take leave beginning in May.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The text exchanges contain nothing remotely illegal or related to Epstein’s crimes yet are cringeworthy enough as to have forced Mr. Summers to take leave from teaching duties at Harvard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Joshua and the other members are still able to perform as units or take leave to pursue solo activities.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

One 2021 study by McKinsey & Co. found that when fathers take leave, it benefits everyone in the family.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

She had begun to take leave even of the light, to enter slowly into darkness.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

take leave

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