took leave
Went on vacation
Took leave means departed or said goodbye, often with some formality: She took leave of her hosts and drove home.
The phrase can also mean to presume or dare: He took leave to disagree with the chairman.
To take leave of one's senses is to act irrationally, as if abandoning reason itself.
- went awayLeft a place
- took a hikeWent walking outdoors
- vacatedLeft a place empty
- resignedYielded to circumstances
- absentedKept away deliberately
furlough · took a break · sabbatical · departed · took flight · exited · withdrew · stepped away · took off · farewell · bid farewell · relinquished · retired · disengaged · parted ways · goodbye · took the liberty · recess
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
absence vs. presence
took leavestayed
Continued being present
remained · stayed put · stuck around · lingered · hung around
take, leave, taken, takes, taker, leaves, leaving, leaver, leavetaking