Leave and Returns

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Leave noun - A period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended.

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Returns is an antonym for leave.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Definitions of Leave not found.

Leave is an antonym for returns in topics: summary, earnings, earn, answer, give back.

When Frieldhelm returns for sick leave after a battle in which Wilhelm is believed to have died, their father barely conceals his wish that Friedhelm had died instead.

Source: Series / Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter aka: Unsere Mutter Unsere Vater
Conscience Makes You Go Back: Burnham has the bonds and is leaving the house, but can't bring himself to leave Meg, Sarah and Stephen to die, so he returns and shoots Raoul down.

Source: Film / Panic Room
But then they come back after Yuuko vanishes and he decides that he will take over the shop until she returns, causing him to stop aging but be unable to leave until she returns.

Source: The Glasses Come Off

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