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(Encyclopedia) family leave, social policy permitting workers to take a specified amount of time off from the job to attend to pressing family needs. The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)…Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanDedicationCome, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, long hence, in other spheres, There to some group of…Sara Teasedale: Leaves
LeavesOne by one, like leaves from a tree, All my faiths have forsaken me; But the stars above my head Burn in white and delicate red, And beneath my feet the earth Brings the sturdy grass to…Brewer's: Leave in the Lurch
(To). (See Left In The Lurch.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Leave out in the ColdLeatherstocking A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Sibylline Leaves
The Sibylline prophecies were written in Greek, upon palm-leaves. (Varro.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sibylline VersesSibylline Books A B C D E F…Brewer's: Ticket of Leave
(A). A warrant given to convicts to have their liberty on condition of good behaviour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tickle the PublicTicket A B C D E…Brewer's: French Leave
To take French leave. To take without asking leave or giving any equivalent. The allusion is to the French soldiers, who in their invasions take what they require, and never wait to ask…Brewer's: “Misfortune will never Leave Me till I Leave It”
An the expression of Charles VII., Emperor of Germany. (1742-1745.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MishnaMiserere A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…The Supreme Court: Leaving the Court
Leaving the CourtThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court Warren definitely liked to control the…Brewer's: Leave out in the Cold
(To). To slight, to take little or no interest in a person; to pass by unnoticed. The allusion is to a person calling at a house with a friend and the friend not being asked to come in.…Trending
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