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Discontinue, desist (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leave off

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">discontinue</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">desist</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for leave off that I've seen before include "Cease, or shed garment" , "not eating or drinking" , "Give over!" .)

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