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Meaning: (idiomatic)To gocrazy; to stop behavingrationally.1868January 4 – June 6,[William] Wilkie Collins, “Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth. (1848–1849.)[…][Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.]”, inThe Moonstone. A Romance.[…], volume III, London:Tinsley Brothers,[…], published1868,→OCLC,pages180–181:Here I am, with my book and my pencil—the latter not pointed so well as I could wish, but when Christianstake leave of their senses, who is to expect that pencils will keep their points?1880,[Henry Brooks Adams], chapter X, inDemocracy: An American Novel(Leisure-hour Series;no. 112), New York, N.Y.:Henry Holt and Company,→OCLC,page256:She plainly said that men seemed totake leave of their sensesas soon as women were concerned;[…]1920March,L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Her Father’s Daughter”, inFurther Chronicles of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.:The Page Company,→OCLC,page43:Rachel Spencer, have youtaken leave of your senses? What do you mean by such nonsense as this?2005May 8,Nancy Gibbs, “Midlife Crisis? Bring It On!”, inTime:Sue Shellenbarger was 49, living in Oregon and writing her "Work & Family" column for the Wall Street Journal, when in the space of two years she got divorced, lost her father, drained her bank account and developed a taste for wilderness camping and ATV riding that left her crumpled up on an emergency-room gurney. "People around me thought I'dtaken leave of my senses," she says.2007,HRH The Prince of Wales,The Elements of Organic Gardening, Kales Press, page 7:One of the great difficulties associated with the adoption of organic or, perhaps more appropriately, sustainable principles at the time I started turned out to be convincing others that you had nottakencompleteleave of your senses.2023July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for passengers”, inRAIL, number988, page60:It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days hastaken leave of their sensesand opted for cheapness over comfort.
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