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English
Pronunciation
Verb
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)
- (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
- He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
- Hudibras
- But though thou'rt of a different church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.
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to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
- Czech: nechat ve štychu
- Finnish: jättää pulaan
- French: planter (fr), planter là
- German: im Stich lassen (de), sitzen lassen
- Hungarian: cserben hagy (hu), pácban hagy, benne hagy a pácban, magára hagy, sorsára hagy, benne hagy a csávában, benne hagy a slamasztikában
- Irish: fág san abar, fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine
- Italian: lasciare in asso, piantare in asso
- Norwegian: la i stikken
- Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́ pf (ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý)
- Spanish: dejar tirado, dejar en la estacada, dejar con los crespos hechos, dejar plantado
- Swedish: lämna i sticket (sv)
- Turkish: ortada bırakmak (tr), ortada komak
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