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TAKE THE QUIZ“leave someone”
The following 11 entries include the term leave someone.
leave (someone) cold
idiom: to not interest or excite (someone)
leave (someone) dangling
idiom: to force someone to be in an uncertain position or to wait for a decision
leave (someone) guessing
idiom: to make it impossible (for someone) to know what will happen next
leave (someone) in peace
idiom: to stop bothering (someone)
leave (someone) in the dust
idiom: to go far ahead of (someone) : to be much more advanced than (someone)
leave (someone) in the lurch
idiom: to leave (someone) without help or protection when it is needed
leave (someone or something) be
idiom: to not bother or touch (someone or something)
leave (someone) out in the cold
idiom: to leave (someone) in a bad position : to not give (someone) the rights or advantages that are given to others
leave someone to his or her own devices
idiom: to allow (someone) to do what he or she wants or is able to do without being controlled or helped by anyone else —often used as be left to one's own devices
leave someone (with) no/little choice
idiom: to make it necessary for someone to do something
leave (someone) (with) no option
idiom: to force (someone) to do something specified
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
