take one's leave

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Verb

take 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)

(idiomatic) To depart.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:18:
  And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.
say goodbye

Translations

depart — see depart

say goodbye

Chinese:
Mandarin: 告別／告别 (zh) (gàobié), 告辭／告辞 (zh) (gàocí)
Czech: loučit se impf
Esperanto: adiaŭi
Finnish: hyvästellä (fi)
French: dire adieu (fr), faire ses adieux (fr), prendre congé de (fr)
German: Abschied nehmen, sich verabschieden (de)
Irish: ceiliúir
Old Irish: celebraid
Japanese: 告別する (ja) (こくべつする, kokubetsu suru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anbefale seg (no)
Polish: żegnać się (pl) impf, pożegnać się (pl) pf
Portuguese: despedir-se
Russian: проща́ться (ru) impf (proščátʹsja), прости́ться (ru) pf (prostítʹsja), попроща́ться (ru) pf (poproščátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: oprostiti se
Slovene: se posloviti
Vietnamese: cáo từ (vi)

take one's leave

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