avgå — meaning in English

English meaning

• depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
• resign verb To formally give up a job or position.
• set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out towards somewhere.

Senses

avgå is used for these senses in English:

• resign (transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]
• set off (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.

depart — full definition

1. verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
2. verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.

resign — full definition

1. verb To formally give up a job or position.
2. verb To accept an unwelcome situation as unavoidable (usually "resign oneself").

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