All 3 Uses of
vacate
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- We have, however, vacated the building temporarily.†
Chpt 3 *
- "Thank you," said Voldemort, and he took the seat to which Dumbledore had gestured — the very seat, by the looks of it, that Harry had just vacated in the present.†
Chpt 20
- "Ah, Potter," said Snape, when Harry had knocked on his door and entered the unpleasantly familiar office that Snape, despite teaching floors above now, had not vacated; it was as dimly lit as ever and the same slimy dead objects were suspended in colored potions all around the walls.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(vacate as in: vacate the building) to leave a place, job or position previously occupied