Synonyms for leave in the lurch


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lurch
Phonetic Transcription : lɜrtʃ


Définition of leave in the lurch

Origin :
  • "sudden pitch to one side," 1784, from earlier lee-larches (1765), a nautical term for "the sudden roll which a ship makes to lee-ward in a high sea, when a large wave strikes her, and bears her weather-side violently up, which depresses the other in proportion" ["Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," London 1765]; perhaps from French lacher "to let go," from Latin laxus (see lax).
  • When a Ship is brought by the Lee, it is commonly occaÅ¿sioned by a large Sea, and by the Neglect of the Helm's-man. When the Wind is two or three Points on the Quarter, the Ship taking a Lurch, brings the Wind on the other Side, and lays the Sails all dead to the MaÅ¿t; as the Yards are braced up, Å¿he then having no Way, and the Helm being of no Service, I would therefore brace about the Head Å¿ails Å¿harp the other Way .... [John Hamilton Moore, Practical Navigator, 8th ed., 1784]
  • verb abandon

Antonyms for leave in the lurch

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