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shore leave


shore leave

noun

Definition of SHORE LEAVE

: a leave of absence to go on shore granted to a sailor or naval officer
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First Known Use of SHORE LEAVE

1888

Rhymes with SHORE LEAVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave

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