Please leave me out of it.
•Can I leave John out this time?
•Leave out the last two eggs.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
leave someone out in the cold — phrase to deliberately not include someone in an activity or group If Britain does not work with the rest of Europe, it could be left out in the cold. Thesaurus: to not include something or someonesynonym Main entry: cold * * * leave (someone)… … Useful english dictionary
leave someone/thing out — fail to include someone or something. → leave … English new terms dictionary
leave someone out — leave something out 1) Adam left out the address Syn: omit, fail to include, overlook, forget; skip, miss 2) when the roster for Game 2 was drawn up, Harvey was left out Syn: exclude, omit, pass over; … Thesaurus of popular words
leave someone/something out — 1 Adam left out the address: MISS OUT, omit, fail to include, overlook, forget; skip, miss, jump. 2 he was left out of the England squad: EXCLUDE, omit, drop … Useful english dictionary
leave someone/something out — 1) Adam left out the address Syn: miss out, omit, overlook, forget, skip, miss 2) he was left out of the England squad Syn: exclude, omit, drop, pass over … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
leave — leave1 [ liv ] (past tense and past participle left [ left ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go away from place ▸ 2 go away permanently ▸ 3 stop working for someone etc. ▸ 4 put something somewhere ▸ 5 make something that remains ▸ 6 make someone feel/think ▸ 7… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leave — [[t]li͟ːv[/t]] ♦ leaves, leaving, left 1) VERB If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. [V n] He would not be allowed to leave the country... [V n] I simply couldn t bear to leave my little girl … English dictionary
leave — I UK [liːv] / US [lɪv] verb Word forms leave : present tense I/you/we/they leave he/she/it leaves present participle leaving past tense left UK [left] / US past participle left *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to go away from a place We left… … English dictionary
leave out — verb 1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted (Freq. 3) The bad results were excluded from the report Leave off the top piece • Syn: ↑exclude, ↑except, ↑leave off, ↑omit, ↑take out … Useful english dictionary
leave out — PHRASAL VERB If you leave someone or something out of an activity, collection, discussion, or group, you do not include them in it. [V n P of n] Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team... [V P n (not pron)] If you prefer… … English dictionary
leave out someone — leave out (someone/something) to omit someone or something. You left out the best parts of the story. How many friends did you have to leave out of the guest list for the wedding? … New idioms dictionary
