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leave out

British  

verb

  1. to cause to remain in the open

    you can leave your car out tonight

  2. to omit or exclude

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
leave out Idioms  

  1. Omit, fail to include, as in This sentence doesn't make sense; a key word has been left out. [Late 1400s]

Example Sentences

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The authors are so passionate about the project that the hardest part wasn’t writing the book but deciding what to leave out.

From Los Angeles Times

How would this Champagne stack up, judging strictly by what’s in the glass, and leaving out all the marketing hype?

From The Wall Street Journal

But many environmental organizations say the plan doesn’t provide the state with a proper road map, leaving out specific targets or dates for reducing hazardous waste.

From Los Angeles Times

Even more so, Hahn said Mamdani is leaving out the concerns of swaths of New Yorkers, “Where are the senior citizens? Where are the parents?” she asked.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the time, some suspected that the shift could lower rates by leaving out kids who previously qualified, but that didn’t materialize, researchers said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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