He stayed on after most of the guests had taken their leave.
The messenger bowed and took leave of the queen.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take one's leave — index abandon (physically leave) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take one's leave — ► take one s leave formal say goodbye. Main Entry: ↑leave … English terms dictionary
take one's leave — idi take one s leave, to depart, as after a formal good bye … From formal English to slang
take one's leave — or[take leave of] {v. phr.}, {formal} To say good bye and leave. * /He stayed on after most of the guests had taken their leave./ * /The messenger bowed and took leave of the queen./ [leave taking] {n.} The end of school in June is a time of… … Dictionary of American idioms
take one's leave — or[take leave of] {v. phr.}, {formal} To say good bye and leave. * /He stayed on after most of the guests had taken their leave./ * /The messenger bowed and took leave of the queen./ [leave taking] {n.} The end of school in June is a time of… … Dictionary of American idioms
take one's leave — formal say goodbye he went to take his leave of his hostess … Useful english dictionary
take one's leave — formal say goodbye. → leave off … English new terms dictionary
take one's leave of — he took his leave of us Syn: bid farewell to, say goodbye to … Thesaurus of popular words
take one's leave — verb say goodbye … Wiktionary
take one's leave of — be separated from, depart from … English contemporary dictionary
