French leave (disambiguation)
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According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Millennium Edition; London: Cassell, 1999) French leave refers to "Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure". The phrase is often appropriated in the titles of books, films and television programmes:
- French Leave is the title of a novel by P. G. Wodehouse
- French Leave is the title of a collection of memoirs by Michael de Larrabeiti
- French Leave is the title of a television programme shown by the United Kingdom network Channel 4