leave off

Verb

leave off (third-person singular simple present leaves off, present participle leaving off, simple past and past participle left off)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To omit.

   Synonyms:

   exclude

2. (informal) To desist; to cease.
   • Leave off hitting him!

   Synonyms:

   let off, let up, miss off, break off, have done with

3. (intransitive) To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
   • We will now continue where the other team left off.
   • Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club

   Synonyms:

   pause, take a break