Continue and Leave

Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

Leave is an antonym for continue in topics: remain, persist.

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

Continue is an antonym for leave in topics: abandon, give, depart, forget.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Common collocations

life continue life leave life
job continue job leave job
series continue series leave series
rest continue rest leave rest
Other words: show, time, way, game.

Both words in one sentence

  • Then, one day after they consummated their relationship, J'son decided it was time to leave and continue his war.
  • Video Game / Persona 4 When the characters refuse to let him leave and continue questioning him, Adachi gets angry enough that he inadvertently describes the victims being "put in [to the TV]," a phrase that only the Investigation Team and the killer would have any reason to use.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas He planned to leave and continue his criminal ways once he regained his demonic powers, but found that he had come to love his human mother (Shiori) too much to abandon her, and was even willing to give up his life to save her from an illness.
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