leave off Copy link Outline I. To ceaseII. To cease wearing • leave off: I. To cease: dēsĭno, 3; if only for a time, intermitto, 3: v. to cease. II. To cease wearing: pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: to l. off the toga praetexta and assume the virilis, praetexta posita, virilem togam s. puram induere: cf. Forcell. s. v. praetexta. (Deponere, to lay aside, i. e. temporarily: v. to lay aside.) Fig.: to l. off bad habits, vitia ponere, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46.