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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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Departing. abandon ship. abandonment. absquatulate. backward. move. p.o.q. peel away/off. piss off. pull out.
(bɪhaɪnd ) adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1+. If you stay behind, you remain in a place after other people have gone. [...] See full entry for 'behind' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Definition of 'left' left. (left ) adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1.
If a person, country, or organization is left behind, they remain at a lower level than others because they are not as quick at understanding things or developing. We're going to be left behind by the rest of the world.
Leave behind definition: to forget or neglect to bring or take. See examples of LEAVE BEHIND used in a sentence.
verb. depart and not take along. “He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe”. synonyms: leave. be survived by after one's death. see more. verb. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.
LEAVE BEHIND STH; LEAVE STH BEHIND meaning: 1. to cause a situation to exist, especially a bad one, after you have gone: 2. to be more…. Learn more. Dictionary
• Soon it would take off, leaving her behind. • When people flee a country at the outbreak of war, they do not leave their valuables behind. • Now that they had left Naples way behind them she felt increasingly less secure. • Agnes noticed Nanny pick up something as they left the town behind them.