Sign for LEAVE in ASL | ‍♂️ ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Leave” in ASL?

LEAVE: LEAVE in American Sign Language (ASL) means to go away from a place. The video and animated demonstration below show the sign.

ASL sign for leave — animated demonstration

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When do you use LEAVE in ASL?

LEAVE ends visits and starts commutes: leaving home, leaving work, leaving early. It belongs to the motion-verb family that Book 2 assembles, the vocabulary that turns descriptions of a day into an actual itinerary. Party departures supply the classic usage, along with the long signed goodbye at the door.

It appears in Lesson 46 of Book 2.

📖 LEAVE is taught in Lesson 46 of ASL 102: Building Conversations — Book 2 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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