Leave+shore

  • 11leave — I n. period of absence from duty, work 1) to give, grant a leave 2) to extend smb. s leave 3) to go on leave; to take a leave 4) to overstay one s leave 5) to cancel smb. s leave 6) an annual; compassionate; maternity; research; sabbatical;… …

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  • 12leave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 period of time when you do not go to work ADJECTIVE ▪ annual ▪ paid, unpaid ▪ extended, indefinite, weekend ▪ …

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  • 13shore leave — {n.} Permission given to a man in the Navy to leave his ship and go where he wants for a certain length of time. * /Jim went to visit New York when he was given three days shore leave./ * /The ship did not dock long enough for the sailors to get… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14shore leave — {n.} Permission given to a man in the Navy to leave his ship and go where he wants for a certain length of time. * /Jim went to visit New York when he was given three days shore leave./ * /The ship did not dock long enough for the sailors to get… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15shore\ leave — noun Permission given to a man in the Navy to leave his ship and go where he wants for a certain length of time. Jim went to visit New York when he was given three days shore leave. The ship did not dock long enough for the sailors to get shore… …

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  • 16leave — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu, admission, admit, alienate,… …

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  • 17shore — 1. n. 1 the land that adjoins the sea or a large body of water. 2 (usu. in pl.) a country; a sea coast (often visits these shores; on a distant shore). 3 Law land between ordinary high and low water marks. Phrases and idioms: in shore on the… …

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  • 18shore — I UK [ʃɔː(r)] / US [ʃɔr] noun Word forms shore : singular shore plural shores ** 1) [countable] the land that is on the edge of a lake, river, or sea Three of the sailors managed to swim to the shore. We stayed in a hotel on the shores of Lake… …

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  • 19shore — [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ shores, shoring, shored 1) N COUNT: also prep N The shores or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. They walked down to the… …

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  • 20leave of absence — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough, holiday, hooky, leave,… …

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