going - went - have gone
set off set 'nfJ-'Dif [phrasal verb I] to leave at the start of a journey, especially an important, exciting, or difficult journey: As the sun came up, we set off up the mountain.
set off for London/Paris/Chicago etc (—in order to go to London etc) When he received the news that his sister was srcfc. he set off at once for London.
These phrases are not polite. Only use them if you intend to be rude.
Qgo away gz<> 3'wer spoken informal say this when you want someone to leave: / Luish you'd oil just go away and leave me alone. I "Go away!" she shouted.
Qget lost /.get 'iDstJ-'bist/ spokkn informal say this when you want someone to leave because they are annoying you. Get lost! I've told you already, I'm not interested.
Get lost is ruder than go away.
Set off is used especially in the past tense, in stories or reports of past events.
take off ,teik [phrasal verb I] if а
plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight. What time did
your plane take off?
to leave suddenly without telling anyone where you are going
disappear /(dis3'pi3r/ [v Ij to leave a place suddenly without telling anyone, so that no-one knows where you have gone: After the concert I looked around and tried to find her, but she had disap pea red.
В what you say when you are leaving
see also ш saying goodbye czxl have to go {also I must go
British) /ai haev ta 'дэо, ai imst 'gao, spokf.n say this when you are leaving, because it is time to go or because you have to go somewhere else. Sorry, / have to go or I'll miss my bus. I И/e must go - if s get ting late.
Ql'm off /aim 'oil spoken informal say this when you are leaving: I'm off, Peter. See you tomorrow. I We're off now - thanks for everything.
out /.get шл spoken say this to tell
someone to leave your house, room etc, because you are very angry with them: Get out! I never want to see you again! + of Give me back my money and get out of my house.
to permanently leave the place where you live
leave /li:v/ [i> I/T not in passive] to leave your home or the area where you live: We've been so happy living here. I'll be really sorry to leave, f She was excited about leaving the village and going to live in London.
leaving - left - have left
move /mu:v/ [l> I) to leave your house and go to live in another one: When are you moving? I I've moved - here's my new address.
+ to We're looking forward to moving to Paris.
move house British (=go to live in another house) They moved house three times in five years.
move OUt /mu:v 'aot/ [phrasal verb I) to permanently leave the house where you live, especially because there are problems that make it difficult for you to stay: We'll have to move out if the landlord increases the rent again. I They quarrelled, and Anna moved out. + of Why do you want to move out of such a fantastic apartment?
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leave home /.liiv haom/ if a young person leaves home, he or she leaves their parents' house and goes to live somewhere else: She left home when she was 18 I Now that the children hove left home, I have more time for writing.
run away /(глп s'wei/ [phrasa/ verb I] if а young person runs away, he or she secretly leaves their parents' house or the place where they are living, because they are unhappy there: When he was 15 he ran away and got a fob on a ship.
emigrate /em^greit/ [v Ij to leave your own country and go to live in another country: His business foiled, so he decided to emigrate.
+ to My parents emigrated to Australia in 1955.
H to make someone leave a place
throw sb out/kick sb out /,Br3o(sb)
'aot, ,kik (sb) aot/ [phrasa/ verb T] informal to make someone leave the house or place where they live, especially because you are angry with them: In the end her father threw her out.
+ of They can't just kick you out of the apartment for no reason. I Several foreign diplomats were kicked out of
Russia for spying.
evict /rvikt/ [и T] to legally force someone to leave the house where they live, either because they should not be there, or because they have not paid their rent: If
they evict us, we have nowhere else to
go
be evicted from sth The previous tenants were evicted from the house by the landlord.
deport /di'pDirt [и T) if the government of a country deports a foreign person who is living there, they force them to leave the country: Another five illegal immigrants
were deported.
Q to permanently leave a job or organization
Republicans are threatening to leave the party.
leaving - left - have left
resign /n'zain/ [и I] to officially leave your job. especially because you are unhappy with it or because you have done something wrong: I wanted to resign, but my boss persuaded me to stay. + from Three more directors have just resigned from the board. resignation /ezig'neipn' [л C/U] when someone officially leaves their job: Hundreds of people wrote to the company, demanding the resignation of its chairman.
retire /п'гаю1"/ [u I] to permanently leave your job, because you have reached the
age when most people stop working: In
the UK, men usually retire at 65, and women at 60.
quit kwit [и 1Я not in passive] informal to leave your job, school etc because you are not happy there: I'd had enough of college and decided to quit. I He quit politics in '94 and went into banking.
quitting - quit - have quit
H to permanently leave your school or college
leave /fi:v [v I/T not in passive] to permanently leave your school or college: I hated school and was glad when I could leave.
Leave school/college/university When he first left college, he worked in an office.
leaving - left - have left
graduate /graed3ueit/ |u I] to successfully finish studying at a school or university. What are you going to do after you graduate? I When I graduate 1 want to go to law school in New York. +/rom He graduated from Cambridge in