taken leave
Said goodbye, left
Taken leave is the past participle form of take leave, which means to depart or say goodbye, often with some formality.
The phrase appears most often in taken leave of one's senses, meaning to have gone temporarily crazy or to be acting irrationally: Have you taken leave of your senses?
In workplace contexts, taken leave simply indicates that someone has used their allotted time off: She's taken leave to care for her mother.
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- time offScheduled absence from duties
- taken a breakTemporarily ceased activity
- vacationLeisure time away
- on vacationAway for leisure time
departure · mental health day · holiday · gone fishing · valediction · absence · recess · out of office · adieu · exit · furlough · parting · hiatus · AWOL · quit · day off · farewell · withdrawal
taken leaveworking
In active function
on duty · at work · on the job · reporting for duty · in harness
taken leavepresent
Gift or current moment
on-site · reporting for duty · showing up · checked in · available
taken leaveserving
Measured food portion
in service · on assignment · deployed · committed · called up
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