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  1. leave someone in the lurch love

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  1. v. idiomatic To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.

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  1. leave somebody holding the bag
  1. bilk

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  1. forsake
  1. abandon
  1. desert
  1. desolate

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