leave someone in the lurch
Verb
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Verb
- (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.
- leave someone holding the bag
- leave someone high and dry
- bilk
- French: planter, planter là
- German: im Stich lassen, sitzen lassen
- Italian: lasciare in asso, piantare in asso
- Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́
- Spanish: dejar con los crespos hechos, dejar plantado, dejar en la estacada
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