OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 25385

leave someone in the lurch

Meanings (ES + gloss)
dejar con los crespos hechos • dejar en la estacada • dejar plantado • dejar tirado
To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
And though th'art of a diff'rent Church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.
He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
Phrases
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