leave behind
(adverb) to forget or neglect to bring or take
to cause to remain as a result or sign of something: the storm left a trail of damage behind
to pass: once the wind came up, we soon left the land behind us
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How to use leave behind in a sentence
There are plenty of tragic and inspiring choices, but the most obvious legacy Castro will leave behind is the broken family.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you knew you had a week left, what's more important—award statuettes or the films you leave behind?
“The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City,” Mario Batali once said.
The Hell of the Hamptons: Why the Exclusive Hotspot Is a Mind-Numbing Drag | Robert Gold | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll that You Can't leave behind's classic sound closed the door on Pop's excessive experimentalism.
U2 Drops ‘Invisible’ to Remind You the Band Exists | Howard Wolfson | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhenever she moved, she would leave behind a trail of small vapor clouds that resemble smoke only to the attention-challenged.
Let them, the British Government at Quebec, proceed against him; he would have only one trouble to meet, one to leave behind.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThey leave behind them the thoughts which breed such dreams to trouble the sleep of those who are not of their kind.
Star Born | Andre NortonBut, although these two compositions leave behind them a pleasurable impression, they can lay only a small claim to originality.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe "first friend" is a man's wealth, which he must leave behind him when he dies.
What I have brought is something that I could not bear to leave behind.
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