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Definition leave over in American English

leave over phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

if part of an amount of something such as money or food is left over, you still have some of it after you have used or eaten the rest of it

Example

There was some ham left over from lunch.

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2

to still exist from the past

Example

These attitudes are left over from the war.

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Definition leave over in American English