See take French leave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "As, taking French leave, she passed me, I bowed and she, taking my hand, fixed her round violet orbs upon me as if to say: \"How long since we met, do let us talk of it next time.\"",
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"ref": "1829, [William Nugent Glascock], “The Return”, in Sailors and Saints; or, Matrimonial Manœuvres. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 222–223:",
"text": "That officer […] reminded Burton of the necessity there was that all the officers of the Spitfire should hold themselves in readiness, as a court-martial was sure to be ordered relative to the loss of that ship: that order might possibly be telegraphed down, and he must therefore decline granting any leave, except for a few hours. Here was a disappointment with a vengeance. The first suggestion of the moment was one altogether unworthy of him, which was to incur the imputation of adopting Gallican habits, and taking, what is known by the term, \"French leave.\"",
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"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1931, Marcel Proust, “An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes”, in Stephen Hudson [pseudonym; Sydney Schiff], transl., Remembrance of Things Past: Volume XII: Time Regained, uniform edition, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1941 (1960 printing), →OCLC, page 352:",
"text": "As, taking French leave, she passed me, I bowed and she, taking my hand, fixed her round violet orbs upon me as if to say: \"How long since we met, do let us talk of it next time.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out."
],
"links": [
[
"leave",
"leave#Verb"
],
[
"quietly",
"quietly"
],
[
"unnoticed",
"unnoticed"
],
[
"asking",
"ask#Verb"
],
[
"permission",
"permission"
],
[
"inform",
"inform"
],
[
"slip out",
"slip out"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "duck out"
},
{
"word": "sneak out"
}
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"idiomatic",
"informal",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Military"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1829, [William Nugent Glascock], “The Return”, in Sailors and Saints; or, Matrimonial Manœuvres. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 222–223:",
"text": "That officer […] reminded Burton of the necessity there was that all the officers of the Spitfire should hold themselves in readiness, as a court-martial was sure to be ordered relative to the loss of that ship: that order might possibly be telegraphed down, and he must therefore decline granting any leave, except for a few hours. Here was a disappointment with a vengeance. The first suggestion of the moment was one altogether unworthy of him, which was to incur the imputation of adopting Gallican habits, and taking, what is known by the term, \"French leave.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1908, Elroy McKendree Avery, “Wolfe and Saunders before Quebec”, in A History of the United States and Its People from Their Earliest Records to the Present Time, volume IV, Cleveland, Ohio: The Burrows Brothers Company, →OCLC, page 269:",
"text": "In spite of threats and punishment, many Canadians [in the French army] deserted in order to care for their families and to provide food for the coming winter; more than two thousand are said thus to have taken French leave.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent without leave (AWOL)."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"desert",
"desert#Verb"
],
[
"temporarily",
"temporarily"
],
[
"absent",
"absent#Adjective"
],
[
"duty",
"duty"
],
[
"service",
"service#Noun"
],
[
"go",
"go#Verb"
],
[
"absent without leave",
"absent without leave"
],
[
"AWOL",
"AWOL"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(specifically, chiefly military, euphemistic) To desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent without leave (AWOL)."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"euphemistic",
"idiomatic",
"informal",
"intransitive",
"specifically"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌteɪk fɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈliːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌteɪk fɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈliv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-take French leave.oga",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-take_French_leave.oga"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːv"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "take a French leave"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmizet po anglicku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"tags": [
"with-elative"
],
"word": "lähteä ilmoittamatta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"tags": [
"with-elative"
],
"word": "poistua ilmoittamatta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "filer à l’anglaise"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "irse á Francesa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "marchar á Francesa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "französischen Abschied nehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "sich auf Französisch empfehlen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strívo alá galliká",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "στρίβω αλά γαλλικά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "angolosan távozik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "andarsene alla chetichella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "filarsela all'inglese"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyjść po angielsku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "sair à francesa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "sair de fininho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "o șterge englezește"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "уйти́ по-англи́йски pf (ujtí po-anglíjski, literally “to take English leave”)",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "despedirse a la francesa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "irse a la francesa"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "ngelesed"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone — see also slip out",
"word": "spiter a l' inglesse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission",
"word": "lähteä bundelle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission",
"word": "lähteä puntikselle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission",
"word": "puntata"
}
],
"word": "take French leave"
}
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