leave out
Britishverb
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to cause to remain in the open
you can leave your car out tonight
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to omit or exclude
Example Sentences
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As Eisenberg patched together old plot with new, she says, “they had to leave out a lot of stuff I did with Woody and that was upsetting because it was so fun to shoot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Those simplified approaches have produced valuable insights, but they can leave out important behavior found in real-world systems, where individual components and their interactions can be far more complicated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Unfortunately, one of the people who paid the ultimate price in this feud is Anna’s coworker, whom she couldn’t leave out of her personal problems.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“But the part people often leave out is, ‘even when it’s your own blood.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
I didn’t leave out anything, even the stuff that made me look the opposite of brilliant.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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