leave in lurch
放任自流,搁置不顾,搁置不前,搁置
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Definitions
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- : an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
- : an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
- : a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
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- : to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger: The wounded man lurched across the room.
- : to roll or pitch suddenly.
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Examples
She considered quitting, but didn’t want to leave her co-producer and other show staff members in the lurch.
In the latest episode of Groundhog Day, Congress failed to reach a deal on a stimulus package, leaving investors—not to mention millions of struggling American families—in the lurch.
When in doubt, go for the best air fryer with a higher capacity, so you’re not left in the lurch if you find yourself in need of quickly preparing a party-size batch of food.
There were weird lurches forward and back in the aid people got.
Besides the users, the ban also left more than 200,000 influencers in the lurch.
That will leave troops in a lurch when the F-35 eventually becomes the only game in town.
But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.
The crowd began to lurch violently, as small motions rippled out into panicked attempts to break away.
The United States cannot simply walk away from the plain meaning of the Budapest Memorandum and leave Ukraine in the lurch.
So as we lurch toward the next “fail-safe” milestone, there must be a way out for both sides.
Then came the turn of the Manchesters, left in the lurch, with their right flank hanging in the air.
"Happier—and safer," she said gravely, the canoe giving a dangerous lurch as she leaned forward in her seat to catch my answer.
They had not pulled fifty yards from their late home when she gave a sudden lurch to port and went down stern foremost.
Now and then a lurch of the train flung her against Harney, and through her thin muslin she felt the touch of his sleeve.