leave off

leave off
leave off [rain] cessare; [person] interrompersi
Ex:
to carry on o continue where one left off — riprendere da dove si era rimasti; leave off doing (stop) smettere di fare; leave [sth.] off
/Ex:
1) (not put on) non mettere [coat, lid, blanket]; (not put back on) non rimettere [coat, lid, blanket]
2) (not switch on) non accendere [light, TV]; non attaccare [iron]; (leave switched off) lasciare spento [light, heating, TV, iron]
3) (omit) lasciare fuori [name, item, letter]
* * *
1. vt + adv
1) (cover, lid, clothes) non mettere, (heating, light) non accendere, (name: from list) non inserire
2)

(fam: stop) to leave off doing sth — smetterla or piantarla di fare qc

2. vi + adv Brit
(fam: stop) smetterla
* * *
leave off [rain] cessare; [person] interrompersi
Ex:
to carry on o continue where one left off — riprendere da dove si era rimasti; leave off doing (stop) smettere di fare; leave [sth.] off
/Ex:
1) (not put on) non mettere [coat, lid, blanket]; (not put back on) non rimettere [coat, lid, blanket]
2) (not switch on) non accendere [light, TV]; non attaccare [iron]; (leave switched off) lasciare spento [light, heating, TV, iron]
3) (omit) lasciare fuori [name, item, letter]

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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