leave+in+the+lurch
91strand — I v 1. shore, ground, run ashore or aground; beach, shipwreck, wreck, maroon, Inf. pile up, cast away. 2. leave, abandon, desert, quit, give up; leave alone, leave high and dry, turn one s back on, leave in the lurch, forsake. n 3. shore, coast,… …
92abdicate — [v] give up a right, position, or power abandon, abjure, abnegate, bag it*, bail out*, cede, demit, drop, forgo, give up, leave, leave high and dry*, leave holding the bag*, leave in the lurch*, opt out*, quit, quitclaim, relinquish, renounce,… …
93bolt — [n1] lock; part of lock bar, brad, catch, coupling, dowel, fastener, lag, latch, lock, nut, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, screw, skewer, sliding bar, spike, stake, staple, stud; concepts 470,471,680 Ant. key bolt [n2] flash; projectile… …
94desert — [adj] barren, uncultivated arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild; concept 560 Ant. cultivated, fertile, productive desert [n] wasteland; dry area arid region, badland, barren …
95desert — I verb 1) his wife deserted him Syn: abandon, leave, jilt, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave behind, strand, maroon; informal walk/run out on, dump, ditch; literary forsake 2) soldiers deserted in droves Syn …
96high 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 …
97high 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 …
98walk out on — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. desert, leave, walk off from; see abandon 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. leave, turn one s back on, abandon, *leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, *dump, reject, jilt, depart, strike …
99forsake — verb, literary 1) he forsook his wife Syn: abandon, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one s back on, cast aside, break (up) with; jilt, strand, leave stranded, leave in the lurch, throw over; informal walk out on, run out on …
100maroon — verb schoolboys marooned on a desert island Syn: strand, cast away, cast ashore, shipwreck; abandon, leave behind, leave, leave in the lurch, desert, forsake; informal leave high and dry …
