leave off

verb

1. To omit.
2. To desist; to cease.

   “Leave off hitting him!”

3. To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.

   “We will now continue where the other team left off.”

   “Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.”