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French leave is "Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure", including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The intent behind this behaviour is to leave without disturbing the host. The phrase is first recorded in 1771 and was born at a time when the English and French cultures were heavily interlinked.[citation needed] In French, the equivalent phrase is "filer à l'anglaise" (to take English leave) and seems to date from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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  • French leave is "Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure", including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The intent behind this behaviour is to leave without disturbing the host. The phrase is first recorded in 1771 and was born at a time when the English and French cultures were heavily interlinked.[citation needed] In French, the equivalent phrase is "filer à l'anglaise" (to take English leave) and seems to date from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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  • French leave is "Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure", including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The intent behind this behaviour is to leave without disturbing the host. The phrase is first recorded in 1771 and was born at a time when the English and French cultures were heavily interlinked.[citation needed] In French, the equivalent phrase is "filer à l'anglaise" (to take English leave) and seems to date from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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