leave+in+the+lurch
81desert — I verb 1) his wife deserted him Syn: abandon, leave, turn one s back on; throw over, jilt, break up with; leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave behind, strand; informal walk out on, run out on, drop, dump, ditch; literary forsake 2) …
82desert — I n 1. barrens, Sahara, dust bowl; wasteland, waste, wilderness, wild, no man s land; moor, heath, tundra, veldt, steppe, savanna, plain. adj 2. desolate, barren, bare, devoid, empty, destitute, poor, deficient; uncultivable, uncultivatable,… …
83throw someone over — ABANDON, leave, desert, discard, turn one s back on, cast aside/off; jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, leave flat, give someone the push/elbow,… …
84walk out — {v.} 1. To go on strike. * /When the company would not give them higher pay, the workers walked out./ 2. To leave suddenly; especially to desert. * /He didn t say he wasn t coming back; he just walked out./ Often used informally with on . * /The… …
85walk out — {v.} 1. To go on strike. * /When the company would not give them higher pay, the workers walked out./ 2. To leave suddenly; especially to desert. * /He didn t say he wasn t coming back; he just walked out./ Often used informally with on . * /The… …
86Desert — De*sert (d[ e]*z[ e]rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserting}.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d[ e]serter. See 2d {Desert}.] 1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to… …
87Deserted — Desert De*sert (d[ e]*z[ e]rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserting}.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d[ e]serter. See 2d {Desert}.] 1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and… …
88Deserting — Desert De*sert (d[ e]*z[ e]rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserting}.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d[ e]serter. See 2d {Desert}.] 1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and… …
89walk\ out — v 1. To go on strike. When the company would not give them higher pay, the workers walked out. 2. To leave suddenly; especially to desert. He didn t say he wasn t coming back; he just walked out. Often used informally with on . The man walked out …
90let — v 1. allow, permit, give permission or leave to, grant; authorize, sanction, warrant, entitle, empower, enable, license, commission; vouchsafe, favor, privilege; affranchise, give one his head, give carte blanche, give the green light, give the… …
