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leave off

• discontinue an activity.
• "he resumed the other story at the point where the previous author had left off"
Similar: stop, cease, finish, desist from, keep from, break off, lay off, give up, discontinue, refrain from, restrain oneself from, hold back from, swear off, resist the temptation to, stop oneself from, withhold from, eschew, conclude, terminate, suspend, bring to an end, renounce, forswear, forbear, relinquish, quit, give over, knock off, jack something in,
Opposite: continue, go on,
• fail to include someone or something on a list.
• "he had left him off the list of beneficiaries of his estate"


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