leave for

leave for

1. To reserve or save something for someone or for a later use. A noun or pronoun is used between "leave" and "for." I've left an extra portion of dinner for Tommy, since he won't be getting home from practice until late. You should really save some of your paycheck each month for a rainy-day fund.
2. To set out for some destination. A noun or pronoun is used between "leave" and "for." What time do you leave for the airport in the morning? They're leaving for New York next week, so I'm having a going-away party for them this Saturday.
3. To abandon one's spouse or romantic partner in order to be in a relationship with someone else. A noun or pronoun is used between "leave" and "for." I can't believe that after 30 years of marriage he would leave me for some 20-year-old secretary! She left him for a bartender she met on a cruise.
4. To quit or abandon one's job or career to take up a different job, company, or kind of career. A noun or pronoun is used between "leave" and "for." He left a lucrative marketing career for a chance to act on Broadway. I started working for Flem Corp. a couple months ago, but I left them for a management position at Gem Corp.
See also: leave
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

leave something for (someone or an animal)

to allow something to remain for the use of someone or an animal. I will leave this bread here for you, so you won't starve. Don't clean it up. Leave it for the dog.
See also: leave

leave for some place

to depart for some place. We will leave for Denver at dawn. When do we leave for Grandmother's house?
See also: leave, place
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ask back
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • attune to
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • involved with
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To qualify for parental leave a parent must: | have been employed by the same employer for one year; | have responsibility for a child under five or under 18 if the child is disabled; | take the leave for the purposes of caring for the child.
According to a report in Emarat Al Youm , the new leaves are annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, mourning leave, leave for death-related events, Haj vacation, participation in events, accompanying sick leave, leave for partner , study leave, leave without pay and leave for national service and reserve.
If a mother and father work at the same company, they will share their 12-week entitlement to FMLA leave for childbirth or placement and to care for the child.
Family and Community Services Leave (FACS) now replaces Compassionate Leave, so if all FACS leave has been exhausted you must apply for additional FACS leave for bereavement purposes, as per clause 32, Family and Community Services Leave and Personal/Careers' Leave, Part A, sub clause (viii) of the Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award 2011.
Such circumstances include sick child leave and leave for family members with serious health conditions who are not covered by FMLA such as parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, same-gender domestic partners and parents and children of same-gender domestic partners.
The plan does not allow a leave donor to deposit leave for transfer to a specific leave recipient.
The statute sets out to "balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families," (48) all the while doing it "in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interest of employers." (49) Toward that goal, the FMLA does not require employers to create additional paid leave for an employee taking leave pursuant to its provisions.
On the other hand, a mandate for paid maternity leave for all employers, large or small, would carry significant costs and generate negative consequences, even for the supposed beneficiaries.
Hartford also has gained business since the California paid family leave act was launched by offering to administer the disability leave for companies that opt out of the state-run program.
At its core, the Paid Family Leave Act gives eligible employees up to six weeks (within a 12-month period) of partial wage replacement when taking a leave for one of the following:
USERRA generally places a five-year limit on the cumulative length of time a person may serve in the military and remain eligible for reemployment rights with a preservice employer, but in some states longer leave for military reasons may be available.
Canada, on the other hand, has bad a nationally mandated and paid leave for six months program since 1971.
This act requires companies with more than 50 employees to give up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for serious illness, caring for a child or relative, or maternity leave.