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Definitions for leave behind
leave be·hind

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. leave behindverb

    depart and not take along

    "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

  2. leave, leave behindverb

    be survived by after one's death

    "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

  3. leave, leave alone, leave behindverb

    leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

    "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

Wiktionary

  1. leave behindverb

    To abandon.

  2. leave behindverb

    To forget about.

  3. leave behindverb

    To not live longer than; to be survived by.

  4. leave behindverb

    To leave a trace of something.

  5. leave behindverb

    To outdo; to progress faster than someone or something else.

  6. leave behindverb

    To pass.

Wikipedia

  1. leave behind

    Blindsided is the second studio album by the band Axium, and the first to be released with a label. It features David Cook (vocals, guitar); Bobby Kerr (drums); Jerron Nichols (bass); Tom Basile (bass); and Jeff Shrout (guitar); with guest vocals on ‘Hold’ by Andy Skib (Midwest Kings (MWK)) and Mikey J (Mad Verb, New Science). The album was produced by Paul Johnson, Tom Basile, and Axium; recorded at “In The Can Mobile Studios” by Paul Johnson; and mixed and mastered by Tom Basile at Holy Toledo.

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  1. leave behind

    Leave behind refers to the act of going away from or departing a certain place, person, or thing and not taking them with you or forgetting them. It can also mean to give or bequeath something, typically as a result of one's death. Furthermore, it can refer to surpassing or outdoing someone or something in terms of progress, development or achievement.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of leave behind in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of leave behind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of leave behind in a Sentence

  1. Vanna Bonta:

    Our lives are fictions, a work we leave behind, signed.

  2. André Maurois:

    A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

  4. Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo:

    There is a lot I want to say but I will leave behind a void with the belief that the truth will one day surely be told.

  5. Michelle Vo:

    I get that the old design is cool. It's kind of quintessential 1980s, and it's like an old friend we don't want to leave behind, but it's OK to have a new friend, too.


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