leave sth/sb behind
— phrasal verb with leave uk/liːv/us/liːv/verb left, left
B1 to leave a place without taking someone or something with you:
We left in a hurry and I must have left my keys behind.
He was forced to leave the country, leaving behind his wife and children.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Departing
- abandon
- absquatulate
- backward
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog
- desertion
- drive
- go down
- hit
- parting
- piss
- push off
- ready
- road
- run
- run away
- sally
- sally forth idiom
- walk out
- without (so much as) a backward glance idiom
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