desert
verb (LEAVE BEHIND) /dɪˈzɜːt/
/-ˈzɝːt/ Definition
› [T] to leave someone without help or in a difficult situation and not come back: He deserted his wife and family for another woman.Departing › [T] If a quality deserts you, you suddenly and temporarily lose it: All my confidence/courage deserted me when I walked into the exam room.Losing and lossWinning and losing
(Definition of desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- astray adverb
- black hole noun
- disappear verb
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- haemorrhage noun
- haemorrhage verb
- kiss sth goodbye idiom
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- loss noun
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray adjective
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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