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Antonyms for leave behind


Grammar : Verb



Definition of leave behind

  • As in leave : verb forget, neglect
  • As in leave : verb give, especially after death
  • As in lose : verb escape, avoid
  • As in outdistance : verb outrun
  • As in outdo : verb better, overcome
  • As in overtake : verb catch; pass
  • As in pass : verb surpass, beat
  • As in shake off : verb lose by getting away
  • As in throw off : verb elude, escape
  • As in transcend : verb go beyond; surpass
  • As in abandon : verb leave in troubled state
  • As in get ahead : verb excel, succeed
Example sentences :
  • This morning there was the loveliest sunshine, and that I was going to leave behind.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • It is the one thing I could not leave behind when I ran away from Mayberry.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Think of the poor people I leave behind me in poverty and in prison.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Those they leave behind do not know when to look for their return.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • I doubt me if a man can leave behind him a better fame than that.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • Rachel had managed to leave behind a feeling of the unimportance of everybody but Rachel.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • The other side of him is of the earth; it is that he will leave behind him.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • But her heart yearned with sad tenderness for all that she was to leave behind.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • It's the only record I'll leave behind me except a few dead Injuns.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • And leave behind you all that you have hitherto thought so much about, Zara?
  • Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman

Synonyms for leave behind

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