Lexic.us

Definition of Leave behind

1. Verb. Depart and not take along. "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

2. Verb. Be survived by after one's death. "Sam cannot leave behind Sue "; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

3. Verb. Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

Definition of Leave behind

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To abandon. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To forget about. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To leave a trace of something. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than someone or something else. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To pass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leave Behind

leatherworks leathery leathery grape fern leathery jacket leathery jackets leathery polypody leathery turtle leats leatwright leatwrights

leaue leavable leave leave-taking leave alone leave behind (current term) leave everything on the road leave for dead leave me alone leave no stone unturned

leave nothing in the tank leave nothing to the imagination leave of absence leave off leave office leave one's options open leave out leave over leave somebody high and dry leave somebody holding the bag

Literary usage of Leave behind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He despaired of making any permanent establishment in the empire, and sought only to leave behind him a wasted desert, while he transported into Persia the ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"furnished with knowledge, and in command of a style at once so dignified and attractive, did not find time to leave behind him some monumental work on ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Lires of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Sailing o'er Life's troubled main, A forlorn and shipwrecked ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"If this Bill was immature, why leave behind a list of Bills with this statement upon them : " Simply for the consideration of Ministers, but never been ..."

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