leave out
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Definition
- Verb:
- To omit; to not include someone or something: To fail to put something in or to not include a person in a group or activity.
- To not consider or mention: To fail to consider something or to not mention a particular fact or detail.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- Be sure not to leave out any important details in your report. (Ensure you include all important details.)
- I felt sad when they left me out of the planning meeting. (I was not invited to the meeting.)
- The recipe leaves out sugar, making it a healthier option. (The recipe does not contain sugar.)
Advanced Usage
- "To be left out": To feel excluded or not part of a group.
- She felt left out of the conversation because she didn't understand the topic.
- "Leave out in the cold": To exclude someone deliberately, often causing them to feel ignored or neglected.
- After the merger, several departments were left out in the cold.
Variants and Related Words
- Omission (n): The act of leaving something out or the thing that is left out.
- The document contained several serious omissions.
- Exclude (v): To deliberately not include someone or something.
- The club excludes members who do not pay their fees.
Synonyms
- Omit: To fail to include or do something.
- Skip: To not do or include something that would normally come next.
- Overlook: To fail to notice or consider something.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Leave off: To stop, or to not include something. Often used interchangeably with "leave out" in some contexts, especially regarding lists.
- You can leave off the last two items on the list.
- Miss out (UK): To fail to include someone or something. (Note: In US English, "miss out" more commonly means to lose a chance.)
- Don't miss out any names from the guest list.
Related Idioms
- Leave something out of account: To fail to consider something.
- Their analysis left the economic climate completely out of account.
Verb
- leave undone or leave out
- How could I miss that typo?
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece