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Change log entry 68045
Processed by: richwarm (2019-08-31 23:14:36 GMT)
Comment: "take French leave"
More often, there is no "a".
(corroborated by GV results)

e.g.
- Hence, jocularly, to take French leave is to go away, or do anything, without permission or notice.
- Col. Palmer is said to have taken French leave and gone to Texas.
- my only plan was to take French leave and slip out when nobody was watching …
Diff:
- 拍拍屁股走人 拍拍屁股走人 [pai1 pai1 pi4 gu5 zou3 ren2] /to make oneself scarce/to slip away/to take a French leave/
+ 拍拍屁股走人 拍拍屁股走人 [pai1 pai1 pi4 gu5 zou3 ren2] /to make oneself scarce/to slip away/to take French leave/
By MDBG 2024
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