Definition of Leave behind

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

Related verbs: Leave
Entails: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Specialized synonyms: Distance, Outdistance, Outstrip

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"
Exact synonyms: Leave, Leave Alone
Specialized synonyms: Let
Generic synonyms: Forbear, Refrain
Related verbs: Leave

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
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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