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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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When climate models leave out calcifying plankton, they may miss key steps in the global carbon cycle.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Kane feels it is an ethos that everyone is buying into despite the manager's willingness to leave out big-name players.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

Both vehicles swap part of the vegan-leather seats for cloth, leave out the AM/FM radio and backrow screen and have fewer speakers than more-expensive variants, among other changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

There is some speculation England could leave out Liam Dawson.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

I had not just cousins but also cousins of cousins, and those cousins of cousins had kids, none of whom I’d ever leave out and all of whom made the day more meaningful and merry.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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