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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSAs Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSNow for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANWe can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY“You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUIf he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSAt a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONI leave Italy with a less sanguine hope of her speedy liberation than I brought into it.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYSuch throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO LEAVE IN THE LURCH
- abscond
- bail out
- bound
- cop out
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- ditch
- drop out
- dump
- escape
- flee
- fly
- hightail
- hotfoot
- hurtle
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- leap
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- make a break for it
- make off
- make tracks
- opt out
- run like scared rabbit
- run out on
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- spring
- sprint
- start
- startle
- step on it
- take flight
- take off
- walk out on
- abscond
- apostatize
- bail out
- beach
- betray
- bolt
- check out
- chuck
- cop out
- crawl out
- decamp
- depart
- duck
- escape
- flee
- fly
- forsake
- give up
- go
- go AWOL
- go back on
- go over the hill
- go west
- jilt
- leave
- leave high and dry
- leave in the lurch
- leave stranded
- light
- maroon
- opt out
- play truant
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- run out on
- sneak off
- split
- strand
- take a hike
- take off
- tergiversate
- throw over
- vacate
- violate oath
- walk
- absconding
- apostatizing
- bailing out
- beaching
- betraying
- bolting
- checking out
- chucking
- copping out
- crawl out
- decamping
- departing
- ducking
- escaping
- fleeing
- flying
- forsaking
- giving up
- going
- going AWOL
- going back on
- going over the hill
- going west
- jilting
- leaving
- leaving high and dry
- leaving in the lurch
- leaving stranding
- lighting
- marooning
- opting out
- playing truant
- pulling out
- quitting
- relinquishing
- renouncing
- resigning
- running out on
- sneaking off
- splitting
- stranding
- taking a hike
- taking off
- tergiversating
- throwing over
- vacating
- violating oath
- walking
- abort
- baffle
- balk
- bring to naught
- bungle
- cast down
- chagrin
- circumvent
- come to nothing
- dash
- dash hopes
- deceive
- delude
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- dumbfound
- embitter
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- foil
- founder
- hamper
- hinder
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- miscarry
- mislead
- not show
- put out
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- tease
- thwart
- torment
- underwhelm
- vex
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.