Leave and Shift

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Shift and leave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a verb "Leave".

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

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Leave and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

long	long leave	long shift
brief	brief leave	brief shift
complete	complete leave	complete shift
single	single leave	single shift
Other adjectives: real, violent, huge, key, permanent, general, final, temporary, extra, last, eventual, sudden, biggest.

As they leave for work, their substitutes for the night shift clock in... and continue the beating.

Source: Western Animation / Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
Realising what they did the girls shift the blame onto their maker, who has the decency to be rendered speechless and leave under the towns' collective glares.

Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality
Punch Clock Villain: The animatronics can be practically strangling you to death by shift's end, but if you survive to 6AM, they apparently let you go and let you leave the building unmolested.

Source: Videogame / Five Nights at Freddy's

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