Leave-taking

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• Leave

  ·vi To <<Depart>>; to set out. II. Leave ·v To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. III. L...

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• leave

  Permission to be absent from the ship for the day. (See absence, liberty.) ♦ French leave. Going o...

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• Taking

  ·adj Infectious; contageous. II. Taking ·noun Malign influence; infection. III. Taking ·adj Apt to...

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• taking

  Distress of mind.--Johnson. What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket?...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• french leave

  To take French leave; to go off without taking leave of the company: a saying frequently applied to ...

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• french leave

  'To take French leave,' is to depart without taking leave; to run away. And Love, who on their br...

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• french leave

  Being absent without permission. ...

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• leave-breaking

  A liberty man not being back to his time. ...

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• leave-ticket

  See liberty-ticket. ...

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• long-leave

  Permission to visit friends at a distance. ...

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• Nap-taking

  ·noun A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. ...

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• Side-taking

  ·noun A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. ...

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• Taking-off

  ·add. ·noun The removal of sheets from the press. II. Taking-off ·noun Removal; murder. ·see To tak...

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• taking in

  The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...

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• taking off

  Said of tides, when decreasing from the spring-tides. ...

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• water-taking

  A pond, the water of which is potable. ...

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• taking a departure

  Determining the place of a ship by means of the bearing and distance of a known object, and assuming...

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