leave someone in the lurch
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English
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Verb
[edit]leave someone in the lurch (third-person singular simple present leaves someone in the lurch, present participle leaving someone in the lurch, simple past and past participle left someone in the lurch)
- (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
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[edit]to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
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