leave office

leave office
verb
give up or retire from a position
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The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month

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The chairman resigned over the financial scandal

Syn: ↑quit, ↑step down, ↑resign
Ant: ↑take office
Derivationally related forms: ↑resignation (for: ↑resign)
Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑depart, ↑pull up stakes
Hyponyms:
vacate, ↑resign, ↑renounce, ↑give up, ↑retire, ↑top out, ↑fall
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

(for: ↑resign)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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