Usually means: Abandon someone in difficult situation.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word leave in the lurch:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. leave (someone) in the lurch, leave in the lurch: Merriam-Webster
  2. leave in the lurch: Dictionary.com
  3. Leave in the Lurch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. leave in the lurch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leave in the lurch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leave in the lurch: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leave in the lurch: Idioms


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