Hi, Anton -- on Jan 25 2023 at 15:46, you wrote:

 AS> Perhap you do not realise the difference between leaving and taking
 AS> leave.  In my opinion, the latter is more polite in
 AS> that it includes some sort of verbal acknowledgement and
 AS> mutual consent to the parting, after a conversation or
 AS> another mutual engagement.

I don't think I can agree with you, Anton. There's nothing in either statement to suggest consent. "Took my leave" does imply, imo, communicating with the group/person ("goodbye, see you later") while the first form implies only that the person left.

In any case, in modern English as spoken in North America, I don't think you'd find anyone using the phrase "took my leave".

Cheers... Dallas 

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