The difference between Exclude and Leave off
When used as verbs, exclude means to bar (someone) from entering, whereas leave off means to omit.
check bellow for the other definitions of Exclude and Leave off
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Exclude as a verb (transitive):
To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
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Exclude as a verb (transitive):
To expel; to put out.
Examples:
"to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs"
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Exclude as a verb (transitive):
To omit from consideration.
Examples:
"Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers."
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Exclude as a verb (transitive, legal):
To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
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Exclude as a verb (transitive, medicine):
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
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Leave off as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To omit.
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Leave off as a verb (informal):
To desist; to cease.
Examples:
"Leave off hitting him!"
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Leave off as a verb (intransitive):
To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.