LEAVE SB/STH BEHIND


Meaning of LEAVE SB/STH BEHIND in English

1.

[ usually passive ] to make much better progress than sb :

Britain is being left behind in the race for new markets.

2.

to leave a person, place or state permanently :

She knew that she had left childhood behind.

—see also leave (8)

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.