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English verb: leave behind | |||
| 1. | leave behind (motion) depart and not take along | ||
| Samples | He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | distance, outdistance, outstrip | ||
| Entail | go away, go forth, leave | ||
| Verb group | leave, leave behind | ||
| 2. | leave behind (change) be survived by after one's death | ||
| Samples | He left six children. At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats. | ||
| Synonyms | leave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | widow | ||
| Entail | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
| Verb group | bequeath, leave, leave behind, will | ||
| 3. | leave behind (change) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking | ||
| Samples | Leave it as is. Leave the young fawn alone. Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind. | ||
| Synonyms | leave, leave alone | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forbear, refrain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | let | ||
| Verb group | leave | ||
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