English Explanatory Dictionary

left in the lurch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Stranded in a difficult and helpless position.

Word forms

left in the lurch

Etymology

From the Middle French board game of lourche (“lurch”). Players suffered a lurch if they were left in a hopeless position which rendered victory impossible.

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