verb
1 leave sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ hastily
▪
The town had been hastily ~ed.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb to their fate
▪ be left ~ed
▪ be found ~ed
▪
The car was found ~ed in a nearby town.
2 stop doing/supporting sth
ADVERB
▪ altogether , completely , entirely , totally
▪
The government does not propose to ~ the project altogether.
▪ effectively , largely , virtually
▪
This principle has now been effectively ~ed.
▪ eventually , finally
▪ simply
▪
Traditional policies were simply ~ed.
▪ formally
▪ abruptly ( esp. AmE ), immediately , quickly
▪ gradually
▪ quietly
▪
The plans for reform were quietly ~ed.
▪ temporarily
▪ voluntarily
VERB + ABANDON
▪ be forced to , have to
▪ decide to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He ~ed the army for politics.
▪ in favour/favor of
▪
She ~ed her teaching career in favour/favor of singing.
Abandon is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ allegiance , ↑ ambition , ↑ approach , ↑ attempt , ↑ baby , ↑ belief , ↑ car , ↑ career , ↑ child , ↑ doctrine , ↑ dream , ↑ duty , ↑ effort , ↑ enterprise , ↑ game , ↑ heritage , ↑ home , ↑ hope , ↑ ideal , ↑ insistence , ↑ mission , ↑ name , ↑ nest , ↑ plan , ↑ policy , ↑ politics , ↑ practice , ↑ pretence , ↑ principle , ↑ project , ↑ pursuit , ↑ quest , ↑ religion , ↑ responsibility , ↑ restraint , ↑ search , ↑ ship , ↑ strategy , ↑ system , ↑ tradition , ↑ vehicle