Embrace
Embrace verb - To have as part of a whole.
Usage example: a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics
Leave
Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.
How words are described
| good | good embrace | good leave |
| best | best embrace | best leave |
| long | long embrace | long leave |
| brief | brief embrace | brief leave |
| Other adjectives: permanent, last, extended. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Tenchu 2 had the Burning Dawn ninjas who want to leave their life of darkness behind and embrace the light.
Source: Light Is Not Good / Video Games -
In an inversion of the classic Uptown Girl story, the guy may leave with a poor girl and embrace a new simpler life without unneeded luxuries.
Source: Riches to Rags - Chan returns, they embrace and then leave ... turns out the real trigger was a barely perceptible tag activated by Ho Yee walking away from the bomb.
Source: Film / New Police Story
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