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Definition 2024
leave_in_the_lurch
leave someone in the lurch
English
Verb
- (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
- He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
- Hudibras
- But though thou'rt of a different church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.
Synonyms
Translations
to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
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