leave out en · VERB
Meanings
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To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:The journalist decided to leave the sleaze out of her story.
The journalist decided to leave out certain details from her story.
Capello mystifyingly left Ashley Young out despite a match-winning display in the Euro 2012 qualifier win in Wales in March and he only underlined the folly of the decision by emerging as substitute at half-time and striking a fine equaliser six minutes after coming on.
2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
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(informal) To cease or desist from (a behaviour or activity); see also leave it out.
Hey! Leave out the complaining now, will you?
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out.
After breakfast, there were still some ingredients left out that needed to be put away.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leaves out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| leaving out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (5)
pl opuszczać (to leave out or to not include; to omit) · pl pomijać (to leave out or to not include; to omit) · es dejar de lado (to leave out or to not include; to omit) · pl opuścić (to leave out or to not include; to omit) · pl pominąć (to leave out or to not include; to omit)