We have no meanings for "formal leave-taking" in our records yet.
1 You know I do not like formal leave-taking .
2 Look upon my ships. He held out his hand, shattering the formal leave - taking , and I took it.
3 And it was no formal leave-taking .
4 He rose at once, without any formal leave - taking , and made his way toward the other end of the cafe.
5 As for friends living near, they usually came and went at will, often without the ceremony of knocking or formal leave-taking .
6 There, after he'd got into his overcoat and hooked his stick over his arm, he held out his hand to her in formal leave-taking .
7 I was fretting to get away, but the amenities demanded a more formal leave- taking.
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