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leave behind

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leave behind
vb (tr)
1. (adverb) to forget or neglect to bring or take
2. to cause to remain as a result or sign of something the storm left a trail of damage behind
3. to pass once the wind came up, we soon left the land behind us
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Verb1.leave behind - depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"
leave behind, leave - be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
outdistance, outstrip, distance - go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"
2.leave behind - be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
leave
widow - cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"
leave behind - depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"
bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
3.leave behind - leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
leave alone, leave
let - leave unchanged; "let it be"
refrain, forbear - resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
leave - have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
Translations
? leave behind
vt sep
the car, the children → dalassen, zurücklassen; fingerprints, chaos → hinterlassen; the past → hinter sich (dat) → lassen; we’ve left all that behind us → das alles liegt hinter uns; we’ve left all our worries behind us (= settled) → wir sind alle Sorgen los; (= forgotten) → wir haben all unsere Sorgen vergessen
(= outstrip) → hinter sich (dat) → lassen; he left all his fellow students behind → er stellte alle seine Kommilitonen in den Schatten
(= forget) → liegen lassen, stehen lassen


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And, with something of a pang, resolutely stifled, I realised for a moment the true blessedness of the single state I was so soon to leave behind.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
"That is a matter of double importance for us," said the doctor; "in the first place, we avoid the escape of precious gas, and then, again, we do not leave behind us an inflammable train, which we should at last inevitably set fire to, and so be consumed.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Now that he was going to die he wanted to leave behind him a published book, and at the back of his mind was the feeling that he had produced great poetry.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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