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leave out

 
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leave
part of speech: phrase
definition: When you leave out something, you don't put it in. If you mom leaves out your sandwich from your lunch bag, it means she didn't put it in. Sometimes you leave something out because you just forgot to put it in, but sometimes you leave something out because you decide you don't want it.
The cookies were not very sweet because Anna's mom left out half of the sugar by mistake.If we leave out a period at the end of a sentence, our teacher always tell us to correct it.His travel bag was too full, so Mr. Jones decided to leave out a few things he didn't really need.