leave behind

leave behind
transitive verb
1) zurücklassen
2) (by mistake) see academic.ru/42246/leave">leave 2)
* * *
◆ leave behind
vt
1. (not take along)
▪ to \leave behind behind ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw zurücklassen
hurry up or you'll get left behind! beeil dich oder du bleibst hier!
2. (leave traces)
▪ to \leave behind behind ⇆ sth etw hinterlassen
we've left all that behind us all das liegt hinter uns
to \leave behind behind a chaos/a mess ein Chaos/eine Unordnung hinterlassen
to \leave behind behind a mystery ein Rätsel aufgeben
3. (fig: no longer participate in)
▪ to \leave behind sth ⇆ behind etw hinter sich dat lassen
4. (progress beyond)
▪ to be left behind den Anschluss verpassen
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vt sep
1) the car, the children dalassen, zurücklassen; fingerprints, chaos hinterlassen; the past hinter sich (dat) lassen

we've left all that behind us — das alles liegt hinter uns

2) (= outstrip) hinter sich (dat) lassen

he left all his fellow students behind — er stellte alle seine Kommilitonen in den Schatten

3) (= forget) liegen lassen, stehen lassen
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leave behind v/t
1. zurücklassen
2. → leave1 A 4, A 5
3. einen Gegner etc hinter sich lassen (auch fig)
* * *
transitive verb
1) zurücklassen
2) (by mistake) see leave 2)
* * *
expr.
hinterlassen v.
zurück lassen v.
zurücklassen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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