omit someone or something from something

omit someone or something from something
omit someone or something from something
to leave someone or something out of something. •

You omitted Carol from the list.

I think that you omitted our company from the bidding.

She omitted herself from the list of participants.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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