| left | | |
| n. (location) | 1. left | location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east.; "she stood on the left" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ left stage, stage left | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience. |
| n. (group) | 2. left, left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| n. (body) | 3. left, left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body.; "jab with your left" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. left, left field, leftfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.; "the batter flied out to left" |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (act) | 5. left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east.; "take a left at the corner" |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| adj. | 6. left | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream" |
| ~ left-handed | using or intended for the left hand.; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
| ~ left-hand | located on or directed toward the left.; "a car with left-hand drive" |
| ~ leftmost | farthest to the left.; "the leftmost non-zero digit" |
| ~ near, nigh | being on the left side.; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" |
| ~ larboard, port | located on the left side of a ship or aircraft. |
| adj. | 7. left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended | not used up.; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" |
| ~ unexhausted | not used up completely.; "an unexhausted well" |
| adj. | 8. left, left-hand | intended for the left hand.; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove" |
| ~ left-handed | using or intended for the left hand.; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
| adj. | 9. left | of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. |
| ~ socialist, socialistic | advocating or following the socialist principles.; "socialistic government" |
| ~ liberal | tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition. |
| ~ far left | radical or extremely liberal. |
| ~ leftish | tending toward the political left. |
| ~ left-of-center, left-wing, leftist | believing in or supporting tenets of the political left. |
| ~ liberal | having political or social views favoring reform and progress. |
| adv. | 10. left | toward or on the left; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left" |
| lay off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting.; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" |
| ~ leave off | stop using.; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" |
| ~ sign off | cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations. |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing.; "The government pulled the plug on spending" |
| ~ close off, shut off | stem the flow of.; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
| ~ cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ call it a day, call it quits | stop doing what one is doing.; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (social) | 2. furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" |
| ~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ downsize | dismiss from work.; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis" |
| oust | | |
| v. (social) | 1. boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out | remove from a position or office.; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" |
| ~ excommunicate | oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree. |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ depose, force out | force to leave (an office). |
| v. (social) | 2. oust | remove and replace.; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter" |
| ~ supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
| show the door | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. show the door | ask to leave.; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" |
| ~ eject, turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out | put out or expel from a place.; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" |
| go away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. depart, go, go away | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ shove along, shove off, blow | leave; informal or rude.; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| v. (motion) | 2. go away, go forth, leave | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ go out | leave the house to go somewhere.; "We never went out when our children were small" |
| ~ desert | leave behind.; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" |
| ~ take leave, quit, depart | go away or leave. |
| ~ pop off | leave quickly. |
| ~ walk away, walk off | go away from.; "The actor walked off before he got his cue"; "I got annoyed and just walked off" |
| ~ hightail | leave as fast as possible.; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in" |
| ~ walk out | leave abruptly, often in protest or anger.; "The customer that was not served walked out" |
| ~ come away | leave in a certain condition.; "She came away angry" |
| ~ vamoose, decamp, skip | leave suddenly.; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" |
| ~ bugger off, buzz off, scram, fuck off, get | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out, bolt | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
| ~ ride away, ride off | ride away on a horse, for example. |
| ~ go out | take the field.; "The soldiers went out on missions" |
| ~ tarry, linger | leave slowly and hesitantly. |
| ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" |
| ~ pull out, get out | move out or away.; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" |
| ~ exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ rush away, rush off | depart in a hurry. |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away | leave furtively and stealthily.; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" |
| ~ vacate, abandon, empty | leave behind empty; move out of.; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| v. (perception) | 3. disappear, go away, vanish | become invisible or unnoticeable.; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| ~ dematerialise, dematerialize | become immaterial; disappear. |
| ~ clear | go away or disappear.; "The fog cleared in the afternoon" |
| ~ bob under | disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water. |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (change) | 4. disappear, go away, vanish | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| ~ fall away, fall off | diminish in size or intensity. |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ die | disappear or come to an end.; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" |
| ~ go | be abolished or discarded.; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" |
| ~ absent, remove | go away or leave.; "He absented himself" |
| ~ blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading" |
| ~ skip town, take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom). |
| ~ die off, die out | become extinct.; "Dinosaurs died out" |
| ~ desorb | go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed. |
| scram | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, get, scram | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.; "Scram!" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
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