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Once you finish, you can leave.

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Sentence

Narrator

Once you finish, you can leave.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

Once you finish your work, you can leave.

Setting Expectations

The meeting will conclude at 3 pm; once you finish, you can leave.

Offering Permission

Once you're done with the task, you're free to leave.

Making a Suggestion

Once you're finished, you might want to leave early.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Upon completion, you may depart.

Casual

When you're done, you can go.

Simpler English

You can go when you're finished.

Phrases to learn

Once you finish

After you complete a task or activity.

you can leave

You have permission to depart.