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Complete Definition of "leave somebody in the lurch"

English
Verb
leave (somebody) in the lurch
#idiom To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave them with a problem.
#:He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.

See also
leave somebody holding the bag
up a creek/up a creek without a paddle

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