Definitions from Wiktionary (lurch)
▸ noun: A sudden or unsteady movement.
▸ verb: To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
▸ verb: (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
▸ verb: (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To rob.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A lift or heave.
▸ noun: A predicament or difficult situation.
▸ noun: An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
▸ noun: A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.
▸ verb: (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
in the lurch,
leave in the lurch,
left in the lurch,
leave someone in the lurch,
leaves in the lurch,
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▸ noun: A sudden or unsteady movement.
▸ verb: To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
▸ verb: (dialectal, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk; lie in wait; go about in a sneaking way.
▸ verb: (dialectal, intransitive) To take by surprise; to unexpectedly detain.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To rob.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A lift or heave.
▸ noun: A predicament or difficult situation.
▸ noun: An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
▸ noun: A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.
▸ verb: (transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
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