LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH

Meaning of LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH in English

leave someone in a difficult situation without assistance or support.

→ lurch

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH — LEAVE IN TROUBLE, let down, leave stranded, leave high and dry, abandon, desert. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH — покинуть в беде, покинуть в тяжелом положении
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LEAVE SOMEONE IN THE LURCH — покинуть в беде, покинуть в тяжелом положении
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LURCH — I. ˈlərch, -ə̄ch, -əich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAVE — I. ˈlēv verb ( left ˈleft ; left ; leaving ; leaves ) Etymology: Middle English leven, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LURCH — (v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
Английский словарь Webster
LURCH — (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Английский словарь Webster
LURCH — ( v. t. ) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LURCH — ( n. ) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LURCH — lurch 1 — lurchingly , adv. /lerrch/ , n. 1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly. 2. a sudden …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAVE — leave 1 — leaver , n. /leev/ , v. , left, leaving . v.t. 1. to go out of or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LURCH — I. ˈlərch verb Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk Date: 15th century intransitive verb dialect chiefly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAVE — I. ˈlēv verb ( left ˈleft ; leav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LURCH — vt to leave in the lurch; to cheat. 2. lurch ·vt to steal; to rob. 3. lurch ·vi to roll …
Webster English vocab
LEAVE — vi to depart; to set out. 2. leave ·v to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. 3. leave …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LURCH — [lurch] vb [ME lorchen, prob. alter. of lurken to lurk] vi (15c) dial chiefly Eng: to loiter about a place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAVE — [leave] vb left ; leav.ing [ME leven, fr. OE laefan; akin to OHG verleiben to leave, OE belifan to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LURCH — lurch BrE AmE lɜːtʃ AmE lɝːtʃ ▷ lurched lɜːtʃt AmE lɝːtʃt ▷ lurches ˈlɜːtʃ ɪz -əz AmE ˈlɝːtʃ əz ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LURCH — / lɜːtʃ; NAmE lɜːrtʃ/ verb , noun ■ verb [ v ] 1. to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAVE — / liːv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( left , left / left; NAmE /) PLACE / PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LURCH — I. lurch 1 /lɜːtʃ $ lɜːrtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] 1 . to walk or move suddenly in an uncontrolled …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAVE — I. leave 1 S1 W1 /liːv/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle left /left/) [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LURCH — n. øleave in the lurch desert (a friend etc.) in difficulties. [orig. = a severe defeat in a game, f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LURCH — n. & v. --n. a stagger, a sudden unsteady movement or leaning. --v.intr. stagger, move suddenly and unsteadily. [orig. Naut., …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAVE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. left) 1 a tr. go away from; cease to remain in or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAVE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. left) 1 a tr. go away from; cease to remain in or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
LURCH — 1. n. & v. --n. a stagger, a sudden unsteady movement or leaning. --v.intr. stagger, move suddenly and unsteadily. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
LEAVE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. left) 1. a tr. go away from; cease to remain in …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LURCH — ( lurches, lurching, lurched) 1. To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAVE — ( leaves, leaving, left) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LURCH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. To ~ means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LURCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sb's stomach lurches/tightens (= it suddenly feels tight because they are frightened ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
LURCH — [noun] [C]The truck gave a sudden lurch as it was hit by a strong gust of wind.(figurative) The party's lurch …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAVE — Synonyms and related words : AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LURCH — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sickening , sudden , violent VERB + LURCH ▪ give ▪ Her heart gave a ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEAVE — INDEX: to leave a place 1. to go away from a place 2. what you say when you are going …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAVE — n. 25B6; verb I left the hotel : DEPART FROM, go (away) from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LURCH — n. leave in the lurch. desert, abandon, forsake; drop, jilt He left her in the lurch, waiting at the church
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAVE — v. 1 go (away or off), depart, set off, be off, get away or off, retire, retreat, withdraw, decamp, (make …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAVE — I noun BAD : Every woman is entitled to a maternity leave. GOOD : Every woman is entitled to maternity …
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