Collocations for "left"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "left" in context.
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leave
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- leave [the country, the company, your job]
- leave [early, late]
- leave [work, school, home, college, university]
- left my [keys, wallet, phone] behind
- left it at [home, work, school]
- leave it [there, on the table]
- leave for [home, school, work] (at)
- leave (the party, work, class) with him
- [want, would like, need] to leave (now)
- leave time to [go, do, make]
- time (for us) to leave
- leave [plenty of, enough] time
- leave [time, room, a space] for
- leave it all behind
- leave a [comment, complaint, reply, response, message]
- leave us [feedback, your opinion]
- left her [husband, spouse]
- left the [children, package] with my neighbor
- leave [him, the discussion, the decision] be
- left me feeling [sad, excited]
- left him [wondering, wanting more]
- don't leave me hanging
- leave me alone
- leave out [important information, his name]
- left him out
- leave me out of [it, this]
- [medical, maternity, personal, sick, mandatory, required] leave
- get [three weeks] of [medical] leave
- am taking [one week] of [medical] leave
- am all out of [medical] leave
- am using my [medical] leave to
- [medical] leave [with, without] pay
- absent without (official) leave
- get [three weeks, 28 days] of leave [per, every] year
- get [three weeks] of annual leave
- UK: was [put, placed] on gardening leave
- is on a [one-month, two-week] leave (from)
- am on leave from [work, school, my job]
- am taking a leave of absence (to, from)
- have you taken leave of your senses?
'left' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- Sunday
- about
- afterwards
- air
- aisle
- almost
- alone
- along
- already
- altar
- amazed
- ankle
- any
- anyhow
- appalled
- arm
- arrow
- ash
- attack
- audience
- avenue
- backpack
- baffled
- bag
- bald
- bank
- barefoot
- barrel
- barren
- battery
- bear
- before
- berth
- bewildered
- bigot
- billion
- bitter
- blank
- blind
- blur
- bone
- both
- bow
- box
- brain
- bright
- buttock
- button
- cabbage