Reverse Dictionary: LEAR – LEB

LEARN – adjectives
– EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious …1818
learn – person 
– GITTER-OFF one who can easily learn by heart …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life …1883
learn – verbs 
– BONE UP to learn more about a topic by diligent study …1887 sl., orig. US
– HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing …c1000 now poetic
– HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing …c1000 now poetic
– HEAR TELL to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth …1834 Eng. dial.
– I-WITE † to understand, to know, to get to know, to learn …c900
– LAIR to learn …1791 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEARN A FROM IZZARD to learn the most rudimentary thing …1914 Amer. dial.
– LERE † vb. to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something …c1220
– MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize …1705  Sc.
– MUG UP to learn a subject by concentrated study …1848 sl.
– MUG UP ON to learn a subject by concentrated study …1848 sl.
– NOUS to understand or learn …M19 sl.
– SIT BY NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it …1963 sl.
– SIT NEXT TO NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it …1963 sl.
– SIT WITH NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it …1963 sl.
– TAKE FORTH † to learn …1530
– TAKE OUT † to learn a lesson …a1591
– UNDERGROPE † to search into, to investigate; to learn …a1412
 
LEARNED – adjectives
– AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious …1840 Hawaii
– BLUE (often derogatory) of a woman: learned, intellectual …1754
– BOOK-LARED educated; learned …Bk1911 Sc.
– DOCTILOQUENT †* speaking learnedly …1656 
– DOCTILOQUOUS †* speaking learnedly; using learned expressions …1727
– KEEN † wise, learned, clever …a1000
– KNOWN † having knowledge; acquainted with something; learned or skilled in …1655
– LAIRED learned, instructed, informed …Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
– LARED learned, instructed, informed …Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
– LEARNEDISH † learned-like …a1680
– LERED † learned …c1154 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LETTERED learned, literate, educated …1303
– LETTER-LEARNED † learnt from letters or books …1649
– OMNI-ERUDITE learned in all or very many subjects …1835
– POLYMATH very learned …1881
– SCIENTISSIMOUS †* very learned …1650
– SUNBURNT † superficially learned …a1568 nonce use
– TWO-HEAD extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice …1927 Amer. dial. Black usage
– TWO-HEADED extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice …1931 Amer. dial. Black usage
learned – person  
– BEAUCLERK † a learned man; a scholar …c1367
– BLACK-GOWN † a collegian or learned man …1616
– GELEHRTE(R) a learned person; a scholar or savant (German) …1836
– LETTERATO † a man of letters; a learned man …1656
– MAGE a magician; a person of exceptional wisdom and learning …c1400 arch.
– MASTER † a man of approved learning, a scholar of authority …a1225
– MOONSHEE a learned man, professor, or teacher, esp. a Mohammedan teacher of languages; an interpreter; also a secretary …Bk1865 Anglo-Indian
– MOROSOPH one who is ‘foolishly wise’; a philosophical or learned fool; one learned but lacking common sense …1751
– POLYMATH a person of much or varied learning; one acquainted with various subjects of study …1621
– PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority …17C
– RABBI one whose learning, authority, or office is comparable to that of a Jewish rabbi; a learned person; frequently contemptuous …1553
– SAVANT a man of learning or science; esp. one professionally engaged in learned or scientific research; a learned person …1719
– SAVANTE a learned (French) woman …1766
– WALKING DICTIONARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person …1835
– WALKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person …1868
– WALKING LIBRARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person …1691
– WALKING THESAURUS a person with the knowledge of a reference book; a learned person …Bk1989 US college sl. 
 
LEARNER – person
– LERER †* a learner; a disciple …c1440
– TIRO, TYRO a beginner or learner in anything; one who is learning or who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch of knowledge; a novice …1611
 
LEARNING – adjectives
– BRIGHT IN ONE’S BOOKS good at learning …1906 Amer. dial.
– CHRESTOMATHIC devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful …1819
– HARD-WITTED † dull at learning …a1568
– HIVEY quick to learn …Bk1942 US sl.
– LEARNLESS † devoid of learning …1593
– LETTER-STRUCK smitten with the love of learning …1667 nonce word
– PHILOMATHIC having a love of learning or letters …1839
learning – nouns 
– ABRAC learning …E19 sl.
– ACADEME a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy …1588 poetic usage
– CYCLOPAEDIA, CYCLOPEDIA † the circle of learning; the whole body of arts and sciences …1636
– ELEMENTS † the letters of the alphabet; hence, the rudiments of learning …1382
– GOOD LETTERS † book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship …c1532
– HYPNOPAEDIA the exposure of a sleeping subject to lessons played on a radio, tape recorder, etc.; teaching or learning by this method; ‘sleep-learning’ …1932
– LAIR learning, knowledge; education …1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LARE learning, knowledge; education …1790 N. Eng. dial.
– LEAR † instruction, learning; in early use, a piece of instruction, a lesson …a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEARNING † a branch of learning, a science …1570
– LERING † learning, scholarly knowledge …1340
– LETTRURE † knowledge of letters or books; learning …a1300
– MISOLOGY hatred of reason or discussion; hatred of learning or knowledge …1833
– OPSIMATHY * learning or study late in life; learning acquired late …a1656
– PALAEOSOPHY ancient learning …1806
– SAUVENDIE learning, knowledge …1822 Sc.
– TIROLOGY † the science of tiroes; elementary knowledge …1560 nonce word
learning – person
– LEAR-FATHER † a master in learning …1533
– LEARNER † a scholar, a man of learning …c900
– WALLY a person with learning difficulties …1974 UK sl.
learning – phrases
– SITTING NEXT TO NELLY learning an occupation on the job by observing how others do it …1963 sl.
 
LEASE – nouns
– FARM † a lease …a1500
– YEAR-TACK † a lease for a year …1532
lease – person 
– FARMER † one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee …1523
– LEASE-MONGER † one who traffics in leases …1549
– TACKSMAN one who holds a tack or lease of land, a water-mill, coal-mines, fishers, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms …1533 Sc.
– TACKSWOMAN a female holder of a tack …1585 Sc.
 
LEASED – adjectives
– FARMABLE † that may be leased …1611
 
LEAST – adjectives
– LESSEST † least …1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
least – nouns 
– BREATH the least idea, word, conception …1952 Amer. dial.
– JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota …1596
– NEB-FU’ a beakful; the least possible amount …1886 Sc.
– VEEZABLE † the least little thing, the smallest particle; ‘visible thing’ …1836 Sc.
 
LEATHER – adjectives
– LEATHERLY † leather-like, tough …1573
– LEATHERN made of leather, consisting of leather …c1000
– RATCHET of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– RATCHING of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched …1888 Eng. dial.
– RATCHY of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
leather – nouns 
– FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong …Bk1900 Sc.
– TAR AND FEATHER leather, usually a leather jacket …20C rhyming sl.
– TAWSE a piece of tanned leather …B1900 Eng. dial.
leather – person 
– BARKER † a tanner; a worker with leather …1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BEAMSTER the man who works at the beam in a tannery unhairing the hides …1885
– HARNESS-CURRIER one who prepares or dresses leather for harness or saddlery purposes …Bk1895
– LEATHERS one who wears leather breeches or leggings …1837 colloq.
– SKINS a tanner …1785 sl.
– SKINSTER † a woman who skins hides …1270
– TAWER one who taws; one who prepares white leather; also, a maker of husbandry harness …1382
– TAWYER one who taws or dresses leather; also, a maker of husbandry harness …Bk1881 Eng. dial.
leather – verbs
– RETCH to stretch leather in tanning …1867 Eng. dial.
– SKIVER to cut or pare leather …1875
– TEW † to dress or tan leather …1396 Eng. dial.
 
LEATHERY – adjectives
– WITHY like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery …1822 Amer. dial.
 
LEAVE, LEAVING – adjectives
– AWAY-GOING departing, leaving, going away …1709
– OFF LIKE A BRIDE’S NIGHTIE leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily …1950s Aust. sl.
– OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN leaving very quickly …1960s Aust. sl.
– OFF LIKE A LONG-DOG departing very swiftly …20C Eng. dial.
– OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily …1950s US college sl.
leave, leaving – nouns
– GUY an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously …L19 sl.
– QUITTANCE * the act of quitting or leaving …1892
– VAMOOSING flight …M19 sl.
leave, leaving – verbs
– ABSENT †* to leave …1695
– ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond …19C sl., orig. US
– ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond …M19 sl., orig. US
– ABSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away, to abscond …1830 Amer. dial.
– ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond …19C sl., orig. US 2005
– A.D. to leave …1990s US campus sl.
– ADAM to leave …1930s rhyming sl. (Adam and Eve)
– ADAM AND EVE to leave …1930s rhyming sl.
– AGITATE THE GRAVEL to leave …1940s US sl.
– AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave …1942 Amer. dial.
– AMBLE to leave, to get out …1936 Amer. sl.
– AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight …1842 Amer. sl.
– AMSCRAY to leave; to depart; to get out; to clear out …1934 Amer. sl.
– ANKLE to leave, to walk away from …1980s sl., orig. US
– BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone …1977 US sl.
– BAIL OUT to leave in a hurry, to run off to escape from a difficult situation …1940s US sl.
– BALL to depart; to leave …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEAT to leave a place quickly …1959 Amer. sl.
– BEAT AND BREEZE to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– BEAT FEET to leave; to clear out …1944 Amer. sl.
– BLAST to leave …1933 Amer. sl.
– BLAST OFF to leave for a destination quickly …Bk2006 US sl.
– BLITZ to arrive or leave quickly; to appear …1940s sl.
– BLOW THROUGH to leave; to depart without paying rent …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– BONE OUT to leave quickly …1993 US sl.
– BOTTLE UP AND GO to leave …1947 US sl.
– BOUNCE to leave …1996 US sl.
– BOW LOW to leave, esp. for one’s own benefit …1970s US homosexual sl.
– BUDGE to leave …M18 sl.
– BUGGY to go away, to leave …1954 Amer. dial.
– BUG IT to leave suddenly and rapidly …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUG OFF to leave suddenly and rapidly …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUG OUT to leave suddenly and rapidly …1955 US Air Force sl.
– BUNG OFF to leave …20C sl.
– BUNK to leave, to be off …L19 sl.
– BUST A MOVE to leave a place …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUY A BRUSH to burst away with a rush, to move off abruptly, to be gone, to decamp, to make off …1699 sl.
– BUZZ to go away; to leave …1968 Amer. sl.
– BUZZ OFF to go away; to leave; to depart …1914 sl.
– CATCH AIR to leave hurriedly; to get out …1924 Amer. sl. 
– CHALK OFF to leave …1840 US sl.
– CHASE to run off, to leave …L19 US sl.
– CHECK HAT to prepare to leave …1966 US sl.
– CHECK OUT to leave, esp. in a hurry; to run fast …1965 Amer. dial.
– COP A FINAL to leave …1940s US Black sl.
– COP A HEEL to start walking; to leave …Bk2006 US sl.
– COP A WALK to leave …1950s US sl.
– CUT OUT to leave; to run away …Bk2006 US sl.
– DALLY to leave, to go …1970s US Black sl.
– DEHYDRATE to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– DIP to leave …1993 US sl.
– DISMISS to leave …M19 US sl.
– DITCH to leave in a hurry …1920s US sl.
– DITCH OUT to leave quickly or clandestinely …1920s US sl.
– DO A FADE to leave …1900s sl.
– DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
– DO ONE to leave, to run away …1950s sl.
– DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– DUFFIE to leave quickly …1945 US sl.
– DUFFY to leave quickly …1945 US sl.
– DUST to leave; to depart …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUST IT to leave quickly, to run off …L19 US sl.
– EASE to leave …1947 US sl.
– EASE ALONG to take one’s leave, to depart …1959 Amer. dial.
– EASE ON to go, to make one’s way, to leave with a parting gesture …1959 US sl.
– EASE OUT to leave, esp. quietly and discreetly …1920s US sl.
– EAT DUST to leave; to travel …L19 sl.
– EMIGRATE to leave …M19 US sl.
– EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape …M19 sl.
– EXODUST to leave quickly for a distant place …1947 Amer. dial.
– FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish …1848 sl.
– FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish  …1820 sl.
– FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave …1820 Amer. sl.
– FAG to move quickly; to leave or depart in a hurry …1920 US sl.
– FAG ALONG to move quickly; to leave in a hurry …1942 US sl.
– FALL to leave …1920s US Black sl.
– FALL OUT to leave …1930s sl.
– FERMOOSE to leave in a hurry, to vamoose …1968 Amer. dial.
– FLEX to leave …20C teen & high school sl.
– FLY THE COOP to leave or depart, often secretly or guiltily …1901 Amer. colloq.
– FREAK OFF to go, to leave …1970 US sl.
– GET A DANCE to be made to run, to take flight …1813 Eng. dial.
– GET LOST to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GET OFF THE DIME to leave, to depart …1942 Amer. sl.
– GET OFF THE NICKEL to leave, to depart …1942 Amer. sl.
– GIVE BEST to leave, to sever connection with …1887 Eng. dial.
– GIVE THE BAG to leave (a person) suddenly …1592
– GO LIKE A STREAK to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush …Bk1904 sl.
– GOOF OFF to leave …1950s US sl.
– GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape …1874 sl.
– GUY-A-WHACK to run off, to leave quickly …L19 Aust. sl.
– HAT IT UP to leave, to depart …1971 Amer. dial.
– HAT UP to leave or depart, often hurriedly …1968 Amer. dial.
– HAUL ASHES to leave, to stir, to go …c1938 Amer. sl.
– HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly …1954 Amer. dial.
– HAUL BOTTOM to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1928 Amer. dial.
– HAUL BUGGY to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1954 Amer. dial.
– HAUL ONE’S ASHES to leave, to stir, to go …1964 Amer. sl.
– HAUL ONE’S FREIGHT to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1938 Amer. dial.
– HAUL OUT to leave, to depart …1866 Amer. dial.
– HAUL TAIL to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly …1940 Amer. dial.
– HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit …1950s sl.
– HIT THE ROAD to leave …Bk1995 US sl.
– HIT THE STREET to leave; to go out for the night …1960s sl., orig. US
– HIT THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off …1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
– HIT THE TRAIL to leave …19C sl., orig. US
– HIT THE WIND to leave quickly, to run away …20C US Black sl.
– HIVE OFF to leave …20C Aust. sl.
– HOP THE CHARLEY to decamp …M19 rhyming sl. (Charley Wag)
– JACKET IT to leave a place without warning …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JACK IN to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise …sl.
– JACK OFF to leave …1930s UK tramps’ sl.
– LAM to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway …1886 Amer. dial.
– LAM IT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway …1886 Amer. dial.
– LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly …1866 Eng. dial.
– LAM OUT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway …1886 Amer. dial.
– LEAVE BETWEEN TWO DAYS to leave a community in bad repute; to leave unexpectedly, with the implication of disgrace; literally, at night …1916 Amer. dial.
– LEAVE OUT to depart; to go; to leave …1917 Amer. dial.
– LET † to allow to remain; to leave behind; to abstain from taking away, using, consuming, occupying, etc. …971
– LEVANT to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond …1797
– LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1903 Amer. dial.
– LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1905 Amer. dial.
– LIGHT ONE’S SHUCK to cause someone to leave in a hurry …1929 Amer. dial.
– MAKE LIKE A BOID to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MAKE LIKE HORSE SHIT AND HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL to depart, to leave …1990 US sl.
– MAKE ONE’S BIRD to leave …1960s US college sl.
– MAKE ONE’S FEET THEIR FRIEND to go off quickly; to run away …1896 Sc.
– MAKE STREAKS to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush …Bk1904 sl.
– MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly …1833 sl.
– MARBLE to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry …1847 Amer. dial.
– MELT to get lost, to leave …1950s Amer. sl.
– MEMALOOSE to leave in a hurry …1967 Amer. dial.
– MIZZLE to leave, to go quickly; to escape …L18 sl.
– MOG to move on, to depart, to decamp; to go; to leave quickly or hastily; usually used with ‘off’ or ‘on’ …1764 Eng. dial.
– MOSEY to leave quickly; to decamp …1820 Amer.
– MOTIVATE to leave …1955 US sl.
– MOTOR to leave quickly …1980 US sl.
– MOVE THE CROWD to leave …1990s US Black sl.
– MUSH to go, to leave …1900s US sl.
– NASH to leave, to rush off …1819 sl.
– NICK OFF to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
– NICK OUT to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
– OBSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to abscond …1830 Amer. dial.
– OFF to leave; to go off …L19 sl.
– OFFSKI to go away, to leave …2001 UK sl.
– PACK IN to leave …1950s US criminals’ sl.
– PACK UP ONE’S ALLS to prepare for a removal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PACK UP ONE’S ALLS AND BE GONE to leave for good …M17 sl.
– PADDLE to run away, to leave …M19 sl.
– PAD THE HOOF to leave in a hurry …M19 sl.
– PEDDLE ONE’S PAPERS to leave …1965 Amer. dial.
– PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast …1858 Amer. dial.
– PIKE † to hasten off, go away quickly …LME sl.
– PISS OFF to leave, to go away …a1935 sl.
– PITCH OFF to leave hurriedly …1975 Amer. dial.
– PLAY RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away …1930s sl.
– PULL to leave …1960 US sl.
– PULL FOOT to decamp; to run hard …1818 colloq.
– PULL ONE’S FREIGHT to depart quickly, to leave promptly …M19 US sl.
– PULL OUT to leave, to depart …c1880 Amer. colloq.
– PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– PUT AN EGG IN YOUR SHOE AND BEAT IT to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop …1941 Amer. dial.
– RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away …1887 sl.
– RAFF OFF to leave, to go …1980s sl.
– RAISE to go, to leave …1960s US sl.
– RAISE UP to leave a place …1970s US Black sl.
– RAP OFF vb. to go off hastily with a noise …1817 Sc.
– REV to leave, to go …1952 sl.
– SCADOODLE to run off, to leave in a hurry …M19 sl.
– SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCAMP to run away from, to leave …1899 Eng. dial.
– SCAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command …M19 sl.
– SCAT UP to leave, to go away, esp. as a command …M19 sl.
– SCRAM to leave quickly .,..1928 US
– SCREW ONE’S COCO to leave in a hurry …1899 US sl.
– SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear …1934 Amer. dial.
– SHAG to leave …1964 Amer. dial.
– SHAG ASS to make off, to get going, to leave …1950 Amer. dial.
– SHAG IT to make off, to get going, to leave …1966 Amer. dial.
– SHAG OUT to leave in a hurry …1966 Amer. dial.
– SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily …1909 Amer. dial.
– SHOOT THROUGH to leave suddenly, often to avoid paying debts or facing up to some other responsibility …1947 Aust. & NS sl.
– SHOVE IN YOUR CLUTCH to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SHOVE OFF to leave, to depart …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SHUCK OUT to depart, to leave in a hurry; to set out …1932 Amer. dial.
– SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO to leave …1986 US sl.
– SKAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command …M19 sl.
– SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
– SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
– SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
– SKID to leave, to go …1910s sl.
– SKIDDADLE to leave in a hurry …1861 US sl., orig. US Civil War 
– SKIDDOO, SKIDOO to leave quickly; to run off …1900s US sl.
– SKIDS to leave, to go …1910s sl.
– SKIN to leave quickly; to run away …1903 Amer. sl.
– SKIP ON to leave …1989 US sl.
– SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SLIP THE CHAIN. to leave …1846 US nautical sl.
– SLITHER to hurry away, to leave …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– SPLIT to leave, to depart …1950s sl.
– SPLIT THE SCENE to leave …1960s Amer. sl.
– SPLIT THE SCENE AND LEAVE IT CLEAN to leave …1960s Amer. sl.
– STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly …1604 sl.
– TAKE A CHUTE to leave in a hurry …1877 US sl.
– TAKE A DOUCHE to leave hurriedly …1960s US teen sl.
– TAKE A FLYING FUCK to leave, to travel …1960s US Black sl.
– TAKE A HIKE to leave …20C sl., orig. US
– TAKE A ROPE AND SKIP IT to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TAKE A TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES of a suspect criminal: to leave a town or place to avoid arrest …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– TAKE A WALK to leave; to be dismissed …L19 sl.
– TAKE FIVE to leave …1960s US college sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to leave quickly …1905 US sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE HOOF to run off, to leave quickly …1900s US sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE HOP to leave, to go away …1960s US Black sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE TROT to run off, to leave at speed …1930s sl.
– TAKE OFF to go; to leave; to depart or set out …1959 UK sl.
– TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASS BIRD to leave in a hurry …1944-46 US sl.
– TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASSED BIRD to leave very quickly …1940s US sl.
– TAKE OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL to leave very quickly …1940s US sl.
– TAKE OUT to set out, esp. in haste; to leave …1855 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out …1918 Amer. sl.
– TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape …1910s sl.
– TAKE THE COUNT to give up, to leave …L19 sl.
– TAKE THE DOOR ON ONE’S BACK to go out of the room or house; to make oneself scarce …1822 Sc.
– TAKE THE GAP to leave the country …1960s S. Afr. sl.
– TAKE THE WIND to leave …1930s sl.
– TAKE TO THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off …1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
– TIN SHIN OFF to abscond with money …L19 US sl.
– TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly …1934 Amer. sl.
– TODDLE to move, to walk, to go or leave …E18 sl.
– TODDLE ALONG to move, to walk, to go or leave …E18 sl.
– TODDLE OFF to move, to walk, to go or leave …E18 sl.
– TOOL OFF to leave, to go away …L19 sl.
– TOOL OUT to leave, to go away …L19 sl.
– TRILL to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TUMBLE TUMBLEWEED to leave, to ‘beat it’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TURKEY OFF to leave in a hurry; to run off …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
– TURN ON THE AIR to take to one’s heels, to leave hurriedly, to rush off …1970 US sl.
– TURN RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away …1930s sl.
– UP AND DUST to leave in a hurry, to run away …20C US Black sl.
– UP STACKS to move, to pack up and leave …M19 sl.
– UP STAKES to leave, esp. abruptly …M19 US sl.
– UP STICK to move, to pack up and leave …M19 sl.
– UP STICKS to pack up and go; to move …1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
– VAGARIE to go; to leave; to travel …2002 UK sl.
– VAGARY to go; to leave; to travel …2002 UK sl.
– VAGGERIE to go, to leave …M19
– VAMOOSE to go away, to leave …1834 sl.
– VAMOOSE THE RANCH to depart, to clear out, to make off; to go away, to leave …1847 Amer. sl.
– VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear …1834 Amer. sl.
– VAMOSE to go away, to leave …M19 sl.
– VAMOS THE RANCH to depart, to steal away from a place; to go away; to leave …1849 Amer. dial.
– VAMP to walk; to leave …1914 Amer. dial.
– WAAI to leave …1960s S. Afr. sl.
– WAG to leave, to walk slowly …L17 sl.
– WAG OFF to leave, to walk slowly …L17 sl.
– WAIL to hurry away; to be quick over anything …1867 Eng. dial.
– WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing …c1330
– WALE to hurry away; to be quick over anything …1867 Eng. dial.
– WALK to leave, to walk off; to resign …1960s sl.
– WALK ONE’S CHALKS to leave, to go away …1840 sl.
– WARP AWAY to leave hastily …1990s US sl.
– WRIGGLE OFF to depart; to leave …c1860 UK sl.
leave, leaving – interjections/phrases
– HAT UP! used to urge one to leave …1971 Amer. dial.
– LET’S BLITZ let’s leave …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– LET’S CHUCK THIS PLACE let’s leave …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MELT! leave! get lost! …1960s US sl.
– MY NAME IS WALKER I’m leaving, I’m off …M19
 
LEAVE ALONE – verbs
– GET OUT OF ONE’S FACE to leave alone; to stop bothering or pestering …1928 US sl., esp. Black
– GET OUT OF SOMEONE’S ASS to stop pestering; to leave alone …1920s sl., orig. US Black
 
LEAVE OUT – verbs
– OBMISS †* to leave out; to omit …1490
– OBMIT †* to leave out; to omit …1541
 
LEAVE-TAKING – nouns
– VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking …1580-3
– VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking …1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell …1619
– VALE-DICTUM †* an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell …1638
– WAYGANG departure, leave-taking, passing away …1736 Sc.
 
LEBANON – person
– ZAIM in Lebanon: a popular leader or influential figure …1975