leave+in+the+lurch
111high\ and\ dry — adv or adj. phr. 1. Up above the water; beyond the reach of splashing or waves. Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry. When the tide went out the boat was high and dry. 2. Without… …
112contempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of disdain Nouns 1. contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, scorn, despisal, contumely; detraction, disapprobation; derision, disrespect; defiance; arrogance (see insolence); ridicule, mockery; hoot …
113ditch — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow excavated channel esp. for drainage or to mark a boundary. 2 a watercourse, stream, etc. v. 1 intr. make or repair ditches (hedging and ditching). 2 tr. provide with ditches; drain. 3 tr. sl. leave in the lurch; abandon …
114jilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reject or cast off (a lover); leave in the lurch. See disappointment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reject, forsake, desert; see abandon 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. reject, dump, cast off, drop …
115Bilk — Bilk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.… …
116Bilked — Bilk Bilk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a… …
117Bilking — Bilk Bilk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a… …
118strand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thread, string, fiber, rope, filament.See land. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. beach, coast, seacoast; see shore . See Synonym Study at shore . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. thread, fiber, filament,… …
119walk out on — phrasal to leave in the lurch ; abandon, desert …
120bilk — verb To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud by not fulfilling an obligation; to leave in the lurch. Johnny plans to bilk his creditor …
