leave+in+the+lurch

  • 121bail out on — verb To abandon, or stop supporting someone or something. Syn: leave in the lurch, walk out on …

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  • 122go back on — I informal, renege, betray (see negation). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fail to keep] Syn. renege, back out of, default; see abandon 1 . 2. [*To betray] Syn. desert, be unfaithful, leave in the lurch; see abandon 2 , betray 1 …

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  • 123bilk — v. a. Deceive (by not fulfilling an engagement), disappoint, frustrate, thwart, balk, leave in the lurch, elude …

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  • 124disappoint — v 1. fail [s.o.], dissatisfy disillusion, disenchant, let [s.o.] down; delude, mislead, deceive; abandon, leave in the lurch, stand [s.o.] up. 2. defeat, frustrate, thwart, foil, balk; hinder, hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt, intervene;… …

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  • 125let someone down — Syn: fail, disappoint, disillusion, abandon, desert, leave in the lurch …

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  • 126disappoint — [v] sadden, dismay; frustrate abort, baffle, balk, bring to naught, bungle, cast down, chagrin, circumvent, come to nothing, dash, dash hopes*, deceive, delude, disconcert, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound,… …

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  • 127go back — / go back on [v] break promise; change one’s mind abandon, betray, be unfaithful, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch*, renege, repudiate, retract, return, revert, run out on; concepts 13,71 Ant. keep, promise …

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  • 128go back on — go back / go back on [v] break promise; change one’s mind abandon, betray, be unfaithful, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch*, renege, repudiate, retract, return, revert, run out on; concepts 13,71 Ant. keep, promise …

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