leave someone in the lurch

English

Verb

leave (someone) in the lurch

(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
- Hudibras
  But though thou'rt of a different church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.

Synonyms

Translations

to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation

Finnish: jättää pulaan
French: planter (fr), planter là
German: im Stich lassen (de), sitzen lassen
Hungarian: cserben hagy (hu)
Irish: duine a fhágáil san abar, Baile Átha Cliath a fhágáil ar an mbóthar ag duine

Norwegian: la i stikken
Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́ pf (ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý)
Spanish: dejar con los crespos hechos, dejar plantado, dejar en la estacada
Swedish: lämna i sticket (sv)
Turkish: ortada bırakmak (tr), ortada komak

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