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left behind

adjective as in missing

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Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

Fleeing their homes, many Syrians left behind middle-class lives; most arrived with none of the mementos that stir memory.

Averell Harriman [governor from 1955 to 1958] left behind a pretty significant deficit.

In nearly everything they left behind, the family concealed its domestic arrangements.

Fryberg left behind a dense record all-at-once ordinary and disturbing, that leaves more questions than answers.

She left behind her writhing all over the kitchen floor a pair of big blacksnakes.

About 1830 a miner, returned from South America, made a claim for wages for watching mineral left behind by Mr. Trevithick.

The broad river was left behind; they set their course toward the arid mountains of Libya.

The ministers who advised this step, acted cruelly towards the government they left behind.

Each gave to the abbé some legacy of affection to be conveyed to loved ones who were to be left behind.

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On this page you'll find 291 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to leave behind, such as: desert, forsake, leave, quit, reject, and renounce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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