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without leave vs without leaving

Both "without leave" and "without leaving" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Without leave" is used to indicate someone's absence without permission, while "without leaving" is used to describe a situation where someone is physically present but not departing.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1012 views

without leave

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate someone's absence without permission.

This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone is not present or has left without permission.

Examples:

He left without leave and caused a lot of trouble.
She was absent without leave for three days.
The soldier went AWOL without leave.

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Attempted theft of property and being away without leave.
Apparently Air Craftsman John Fisher has gone absent without leave.
Other temporary absence with or without leave.
The gate can't be opened without leave.
Your past record indicates that you were... drunk with four enlisted men... and absent without leave... six times.
He's charged with two counts of GBH, further charge of disobeying a lawful order, drunkenness, absence without leave.
Are you saying you can't find him, or that he's absent without leave?
Beckett's been reported Absent Without Leave.
They could not go without leave a trail.
Absent without leave, falsifying intelligence, insubordination -
10. Conscientious objection, absence without leave and desertion
Sailors abandon their posts Without orders, without leave.
And though I'd been absent without leave, the Lord was quick to whisper what I should be doing.
To the charges of being absent without leave for four months... the accused is found guilty.
So if you do make up your mind to speak without leave... says your prayers first.
And they don't say "Absent without leave."
By note of 7 March 2005, the administration informed the applicant that he had been absent without leave since 5 October 2004 and that the appropriate measures would be taken against him.
Twelve years without leave.
In cases of absence without leave or desertion, the person concerned must be accorded refugee status if the conditions under which military duties are performed themselves constitute persecution.
Staying away without leave for two whole days.

Alternatives:

without permission
absent without leave
AWOL (Absent Without Leave)

without leaving

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe a situation where someone is physically present but not departing.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone is present but not leaving a place.

Examples:

He stood by the door without leaving the room.
She waited for him without leaving the building.
The cat sat on the windowsill without leaving.

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Procollagen traverses the Golgi stack without leaving the lumen of cisternae: ... Cell. 1998 Dec 23;95(7):993-1003. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81723-7.
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Alternatives:

remaining in place
staying put
not departing

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