leave out

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To leave out is to fail to include something. It should have been there and it is not.

It splits round an object. The omission may be accidental or deliberate, and only the context tells you which, which is why being left out of a list is a complaint and being left out of a team is a decision. There is a strong emotional sense too, since feeling left out is the experience of not being included socially, and it is one of the plainest phrases in English for a real hurt.

Definitions of leave out

1phraseleave outTo fail to include somebody or something.B1
“Do not leave out the middle section.”
2phraseexcludeTo exclude somebody from a group.B1
“He always seems to leave out the quieter ones.”

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leave out

phraseB12 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To leave out is to fail to include something. It should have been there and it is not.

Definitions of leave out

1phraseleave outTo fail to include somebody or something.B1
“Do not leave out the middle section.”
2phraseexcludeTo exclude somebody from a group.B1
“He always seems to leave out the quieter ones.”

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