"leave someone in the lurch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-leave someone in the lurch.ogg [Australia] Forms: leaves someone in the lurch [present, singular, third-person], leaving someone in the lurch [participle, present], left someone in the lurch [participle, past], left someone in the lurch [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> someone in the lurch}} leave someone in the lurch (third-person singular simple present leaves someone in the lurch, present participle leaving someone in the lurch, simple past and past participle left someone in the lurch)
  1. (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: leave someone holding the bag, leave someone high and dry, bilk Translations (to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation): nechat ve štychu (Czech), jättää pulaan (Finnish), planter (French), planter là (French), im Stich lassen (German), sitzen lassen (German), cserben hagy (Hungarian), pácban hagy (Hungarian), benne hagy a pácban (Hungarian), magára hagy (Hungarian), sorsára hagy (Hungarian), benne hagy a csávában (Hungarian), benne hagy a slamasztikában (Hungarian), fág san abar (Irish), fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine (Irish), lasciare in asso (Italian), piantare in asso (Italian), la i stikken (Norwegian), оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́ (ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý) [perfective] (Russian), dejar tirado (Spanish), dejar en la estacada (Spanish), dejar con los crespos hechos (Spanish), dejar plantado (Spanish), lämna i sticket (Swedish), ortada bırakmak (Turkish), ortada komak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-leave_someone_in_the_lurch-en-verb-xjjgPixV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
          "word": "fág san abar"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
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          "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "la i stikken"
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      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "jättää pulaan"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "planter là"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "im Stich lassen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "cserben hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "pácban hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "benne hagy a pácban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "magára hagy"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "sorsára hagy"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "benne hagy a csávában"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "benne hagy a slamasztikában"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "fág san abar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "lasciare in asso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "piantare in asso"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "la i stikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "dejar tirado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "dejar en la estacada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "dejar con los crespos hechos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "dejar plantado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "lämna i sticket"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "ortada bırakmak"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation",
      "word": "ortada komak"
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