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Antonyms for leave in lurch
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lurch |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɜrtʃ |
- aid
- allow
- assert
- assist
- assume
- benefit
- care
- challenge
- claim
- clear up
- come
- come back
- continue
- dawdle
- defend
- defy
- delight
- do
- encourage
- excite
- explain
- face
- fight
- forward
- help
- hold
- keep
- loosen
- maintain
- make happy
- meet
- open
- permit
- please
- promise
- pursue
- remain
- retain
- satisfy
- stay
- stop
- succeed
- support
- treasure
- unbolt
- unfasten
- unlock
- usurp
- wait
- win
Definition of leave in lurch
Origin :- "sudden pitch to one side," 1784, from earlier lee-larches (1765), a nautical term for "the sudden roll which a ship makes to lee-ward in a high sea, when a large wave strikes her, and bears her weather-side violently up, which depresses the other in proportion" ["Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," London 1765]; perhaps from French lacher "to let go," from Latin laxus (see lax).
- When a Ship is brought by the Lee, it is commonly occaſsioned by a large Sea, and by the Neglect of the Helm's-man. When the Wind is two or three Points on the Quarter, the Ship taking a Lurch, brings the Wind on the other Side, and lays the Sails all dead to the Maſt; as the Yards are braced up, ſhe then having no Way, and the Helm being of no Service, I would therefore brace about the Head ſails ſharp the other Way .... [John Hamilton Moore, Practical Navigator, 8th ed., 1784]
- As in let down : verb disappoint
- As in abdicate : verb give up a right, position, or power
- As in bolt : verb run quickly away
- As in walk out on : verb desert
- As in leave in the lurch : verb abandon
- As in quitclaim : verb abdicate
- As in desert : verb abandon, defect
- As in disappoint : verb sadden, dismay; frustrate
- As in go back/go back on : verb break promise; change one's mind
Synonyms for leave in lurch
- abandon
- abjure
- abnegate
- abort
- abscond
- apostatize
- baffle
- bag it
- bail out
- balk
- be unfaithful
- beach
- betray
- bolt
- bound
- bring to naught
- bungle
- cast down
- cede
- chagrin
- check out
- chuck
- circumvent
- come to nothing
- cop out
- crawl out
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- dash hopes
- decamp
- deceive
- delude
- demit
- depart
- depress
- desert
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dumbfound
- dump
- embitter
- escape
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall short of
- flee
- flight
- fly
- foil
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- founder
- give up
- go
- go AWOL
- go back on
- go over the hill
- go west
- hamper
- hand over
- hightail
- hinder
- hotfoot
- hurtle
- jilt
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- leap
- leave
- leave flat
- leave helpless
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in a lurch
- leave in lurch
- leave in the lurch
- leave in trouble
- leave stranded
- let down
- light
- lower
- make a break for it
- make off
- make tracks
- maroon
- miscarry
- mislead
- not show
- opt out
- play one false
- play truant
- pull down
- pull out
- put out
- quit
- quitclaim
- reject
- relinquish
- render
- renege
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- retire
- retract
- return
- revert
- ruin prospects
- run like scared rabbit
- run out on
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- sell out
- skedaddle
- skip
- sneak off
- split
- spring
- sprint
- stand up
- start
- startle
- step down
- step on it
- strand
- surrender
- take a hike
- take down
- take flight
- take off
- tease
- tergiversate
- throw over
- thwart
- torment
- vacate
- vex
- violate oath
- waive
- walk
- walk out on
- withdraw
- yield
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