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Leave behind   /liv bɪhˈaɪnd/   Listen
Leave behind

verb
1.
Depart and not take along.
2.
Be survived by after one's death.  Synonym: leave.  "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
3.
Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.  Synonyms: leave, leave alone.  "Leave the young fawn alone" , "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"





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"Leave behind" Quotes from Famous Books



... unprepared for this disappointment. There was still my diamond ring left; but how to dispose of it, for any thing like its value, I did not know. It was in my purse now, with all my small store of money, which I dared not leave behind me in my lodgings. ...
— The Doctor's Dilemma • Hesba Stretton
... you, Ellie. You must come here and take my place, and take care of those I leave behind; will you? and they will ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner
... birds; never again was he to see the coming of ecstatic life in bud and blossom. He must bid farewell forever to all the enchanting scenes, pull up by the roots, as it were, all cherished things. What should he take? What leave behind? There would be little room on shipboard for the richly carved mahogany chairs, sideboard, sofa, portraits of his ancestors. What use would he have for them in exile? How dispose of them? Who would purchase ...
— Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times - 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance • Charles Carleton Coffin
... all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time; Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er Life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take ...
— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills
... leave behind him one of his quartermasters and six sailors, who ran away from the ship. The quartermaster had served in the same capacity on board of the Sirius, and immediately after his arrival in England (in the snow) engaged himself with Captain Bond for the whole of the voyage; but a few days ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins


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