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View synonyms for leave behind

leave behind

verb

  1. adverb to forget or neglect to bring or take
  2. to cause to remain as a result or sign of something

    the storm left a trail of damage behind

  3. to pass

    once the wind came up, we soon left the land behind us

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Burning metal satellites leave behind a cloud of pollution.

To remedy that problem, he and his collaborators developed a process for filtering intact cells out of a mixture, leaving behind eDNA genetic fragments left from dead cells in the sediment.

On-rushing defenders are more easily evaded and, moving at pace, the holes they leave behind are hard to plug.

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Critics have also expressed concern about radioactive waste nuclear reactors leave behind for future generations.

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The alleged assassins behind several recent murder-for-hire cases in Los Angeles were sloppy, authorities say, leaving behind a trail of evidence that links the killings to Chicago gang disputes.

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