leave behind

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de partir sans quelqu'un ou quelque chose, ou de laisser quelque chose en guise de résultat ou de conséquence.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of departing without taking someone or something, or to cause something to remain as a result or consequence.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Abandon or forgetformal

   To not take something or someone with you when you go away.

   Laisser derrière soi, abandonner ou oublier

   • I accidentally left my keys behind at the office.
   • She left behind her old life when she moved to a new city.
   • They left behind their luggage at the hotel.

   Synonymesabandondesertditchdropforgetforsakejettisonleavemaroonstrand

   Antonymesbringcarrykeepretaintake

2. Outpace or surpassinformal

   To move faster than someone or something, or to achieve more than them.

   Distancer, surpasser

   • The young athlete left behind all his competitors in the race.
   • Her innovative ideas left behind the old methods.
   • The company left behind its rivals with its new technology.

   Synonymesbeatoutdooutpaceoutrunoutstripovertakesurpass

   Antonymesfollowtrail

3. Cause to remainformal

   To cause something to remain as a result or consequence.

   laisser derrière soi (par conséquent)

   • The storm left behind a trail of destruction.
   • His speech left behind a feeling of hope.
   • The war left behind deep scars in the community.

   Synonymesdepositleaveproduceyield

   Antonymesbringcarrytake

Verbe de baseleave