Work & careers
leave work behind
stop thinking about work
To leave work behind is to stop thinking about your job when your working day or holiday begins.
Hear it in real life
Do you check your emails at home?
I try not to; I want to leave work behind.
A walk after work helps me leave work behind.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I leave work away when I get home.
Say: I leave work behind when I get home.
The fixed expression uses behind, not away, for mentally switching off from work.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
leave work behind; leave the stresses of work behind
Your turn: say it out loud
A walk after work helps me leave work behind.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
leave work behind
stop thinking about work
“A walk after work helps me leave work behind.”
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