take one's leave

English

Verb

take one's leave (third-person singular simple present takes one's leave, present participle taking one's leave, simple past took one's leave, past participle taken one's leave)

1. (idiomatic) To depart.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:18:

     And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.

2. say goodbye

Translations

depart — see depart

say goodbye

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 告別 / 告别 (zh) (gàobié), 告辭 / 告辞 (zh) (gàocí)

• Czech: loučit se impf
• Esperanto: adiaŭi
• Finnish: hyvästellä (fi)
• French: dire adieu (fr), faire ses adieux (fr), prendre congé de (fr)
• German: Abschied nehmen, sich verabschieden (de)
• Irish: ceiliúir

  Old Irish: celebraid

• Japanese: 告別する (ja) (こくべつする, kokubetsu suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anbefale seg (no)

• Polish: żegnać się (pl) impf, pożegnać się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: despedir-se
• Russian: проща́ться (ru) impf (proščátʹsja), прости́ться (ru) pf (prostítʹsja), попроща́ться (ru) pf (poproščátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: oprostiti se
• Slovene: se posloviti
• Vietnamese: cáo từ (vi)

See also

• take leave