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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Leave in the Lurch (To). (See Left In The Lurch .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Circumvent, overreach; outreach, out wit, out maneuver; steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch |
Relinquishment | Verb: relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate; (resign). |
Transcursion | Overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar; (rise). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: LEAVE IN THE LURCH |
| English words defined with "LEAVE IN THE LURCH": abandon ♦ desert, desolate ♦ forsake. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "LEAVE IN THE LURCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lë në baltë (ditch, fail, let down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jättää pulaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | sitzenlassen (abandon, jilt, keep down, leave waiting, stand up, walk out on), im stich lassen (abandon, betray, desert, let down, maroon, to desert, to leave in the lurch, to maroon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφήνω στα κρύα του λουτρού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל טוש בשעת צר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eavelay inay ethay urchlay encampanar (excite, raise), dejar plantado (jilt). (various references) zor durumda terketmek, yüzüstü bırakmak (abandon, desert, fail, leave smb. in the lurch, let down, turn smb. adrift, walk on, walk out on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-h-i-l-l-n-r-t-u-v" | |
-4 letters: chanterelle, unhealthier. | |
-5 letters: cantilever, heavenlier, interleave, lenticular, ulcerative, uncreative, victualler. | |
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