French leave

//fɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈliːv//

"French leave" in a Sentence (2 examples)

As for Ditton, after all his courting, and his compliment, he ſtole avvay an Iriſhman's bride, and took a French leave of me and his maſter; […]

he may have felt a particular need to mitigate the responsibility of those who shirked their duty, for as he wrote that letter he had just returned from French leave himself.

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