leave off
verb1
Idiomatic To omit.
2
Informal To desist; to cease.
- Leave off hitting him!
3
To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.
- We will now continue where the other team left off.
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club:
1 more example
- The plot picks up where the last film left off. The High Table, the organisation that controls crime around the world, has a multi-million-dollar contract out on Wick, who killed a High Table member.2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC:
- Synonyms
- exclude, miss off, break off, have done with, pause, take a break