leave behind

But how could I leave behind my English professor dad’s teaching copy of “The Great Gatsby” and a dozen other classics with his handwritten notes and Post-its everywhere?

Still, the stress of becoming a government whistleblower has been intense and leaving behind his public civil-service career has been hard.

Klara vanished one day, only leaving behind a botanical book with pages torn out.

She peeked between the wooden slats at the scene they were leaving behind.

Thus, like a toy train doing endless figure eights on a looping track, her thoughts inevitably circled back to the very spot they kept trying to leave behind.