English Explanatory Dictionary

leave for dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.
  2. To disregard or bypass as unimportant.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-leave for dead.wav

Word forms

leave for dead leaves for dead leaving for dead left for dead
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