If you decide to go to the convention, please leave word with my secretary.
•Leave word before you go.
•I left word with your brother. Didn't he give you the message?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
leave word with someone — leave word (with (someone)) to give someone a message. If I can t get back in time I ll leave word with Susan … New idioms dictionary
leave word with — leave word (with (someone)) to give someone a message. If I can t get back in time I ll leave word with Susan … New idioms dictionary
leave word — (with (someone)) to give someone a message. If I can t get back in time I ll leave word with Susan … New idioms dictionary
a word in someone's ear — A private word with someone • • • Main Entry: ↑ear a word in someone s ear A confidential conversation • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * a word in someone s ear see ↑word, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
leave — 1 /li:v/ verb past tense and past participle left LEAVE A PLACE, VEHICLE 1 LEAVE (I, T) to go away from a place or a person: What time did you leave the office? | They were so noisy that the manager asked them to leave. (+ for): They re leaving… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
word — I UK [wɜː(r)d] / US [wɜrd] noun Word forms word : singular word plural words *** 1) [countable] a single unit of written or spoken language The first word that many babies speak is Mama . Can you read the words on this page? The Latin word for a… … English dictionary
leave (someone) to (someone's) tender mercies — humorous to let someone be dealt with by another person who is not likely to show them any kindness or sympathy. Should I have a word with her myself or leave her to Mick s tender mercies? … New idioms dictionary
word — O.E. word speech, talk, utterance, word, from P.Gmc. *wurdan (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. word, Du. woord, O.H.G., Ger. wort, O.N. orð, Goth. waurd), from PIE *were speak, say (see VERB (Cf. verb)). The meaning promise was in O.E., as … Etymology dictionary
leave — I UK [liːv] / US [lɪv] verb Word forms leave : present tense I/you/we/they leave he/she/it leaves present participle leaving past tense left UK [left] / US past participle left *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to go away from a place We left… … English dictionary
leave*/*/*/ — [liːv] (past tense and past participle left [left] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to go away from a place We left London at three in the afternoon.[/ex] Your plane leaves in ten minutes.[/ex] She leaves for work at 7.30 every morning.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to go away … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
leave behind — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms leave behind : present tense I/you/we/they leave behind he/she/it leaves behind present participle leaving behind past tense left behind past participle left behind 1) leave someone/something behind to… … English dictionary
