leave behind
Britishverb
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(adverb) to forget or neglect to bring or take
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to cause to remain as a result or sign of something
the storm left a trail of damage behind
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to pass
once the wind came up, we soon left the land behind us
Example Sentences
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I focused on tactical advice, like office norms to learn and academic standards to leave behind.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
It is another strategy he will leave behind.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Translated from French, Pare-Poupart’s must-read memoir follows his journey as a garbage man in Montreal and the people who pick up what we wish to leave behind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Unlike animals with bones or shells, they leave behind very little physical evidence.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Thus, like a toy train doing endless figure eights on a looping track, her thoughts inevitably circled back to the very spot they kept trying to leave behind.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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