leaf out

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leaf out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leaf \Leaf\, Leaf out \Leaf out\(l[=e]f), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Leafed (l[=e]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leafing.]
     To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the
     trees leaf in May. --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]