Antonyms for leave behind

Grammar : Verb

Definition of leave behind

As in leave : verb forget, neglect
As in leave : verb give, especially after death
As in lose : verb escape, avoid
As in outdistance : verb outrun
As in outdo : verb better, overcome
As in overtake : verb catch; pass
As in pass : verb surpass, beat
As in shake off : verb lose by getting away
As in throw off : verb elude, escape
As in transcend : verb go beyond; surpass
As in abandon : verb leave in troubled state
As in get ahead : verb excel, succeed

Example sentences :

This morning there was the loveliest sunshine, and that I was going to leave behind.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

It is the one thing I could not leave behind when I ran away from Mayberry.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Think of the poor people I leave behind me in poverty and in prison.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Those they leave behind do not know when to look for their return.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

I doubt me if a man can leave behind him a better fame than that.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

Rachel had managed to leave behind a feeling of the unimportance of everybody but Rachel.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

The other side of him is of the earth; it is that he will leave behind him.
Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome

But her heart yearned with sad tenderness for all that she was to leave behind.
Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

It's the only record I'll leave behind me except a few dead Injuns.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

And leave behind you all that you have hitherto thought so much about, Zara?
Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman

Synonyms for leave behind

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