leave+in+the+lurch
51lurch — I UK [lɜː(r)tʃ] / US [lɜrtʃ] verb [intransitive] Word forms lurch : present tense I/you/we/they lurch he/she/it lurches present participle lurching past tense lurched past participle lurched 1) to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or… …
52lurch — English has two words lurch, both with rather obscure histories. The verb, ‘stagger’ [19], appears to come from an earlier lee lurch, which in turn may have been an alteration of an 18th century nautical term lee latch, denoting ‘drifting to… …
53lurch — English has two words lurch, both with rather obscure histories. The verb, ‘stagger’ [19], appears to come from an earlier lee lurch, which in turn may have been an alteration of an 18th century nautical term lee latch, denoting ‘drifting to… …
54lurch — [lɜːtʃ] verb [I] I 1) to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or controlled 2) if your heart or stomach lurches, it seems to jump suddenly because you are excited or upset II noun [C] lurch [lɜːtʃ] a sudden uncontrolled movement • leave sb… …
55lurch — lurch1 noun a sudden unsteady movement. verb make such a movement; stagger. Origin C17: of unknown origin. lurch2 noun (in phr. leave someone in the lurch) leave someone in a difficult situation without assistance or support. Origin C16: from Fr …
56leave somebody holding the bag — verb a) To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame. After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag. b) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or… …
57lurch — verb 1) he lurched into the kitchen Syn: stagger, stumble, wobble, sway, reel, roll, weave, pitch, totter, blunder 2) the ship lurched Syn: sway, reel …
58The Darjeeling Limited — Theatrical release poster Directed by Wes Anderson Produced by …
59The Addams Family (film) — Infobox Film name = The Addams Family caption = Promotional movie poster for 1991 live action film director = Barry Sonnenfeld producer = Scott Rudin writer = Charles Addams(characters) Caroline Thompson Larry Wilson starring = Anjelica Huston… …
60HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
