Meaning of leave for dead | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.
   transitive
2. To disregard or bypass as unimportant.
   broadly, figuratively, transitive

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Examples

“He stood in the middle of a narrow part of the road, stopped the horse, and struck Fyot with a heavy cudgel, leaving him for dead in the ditch.”

“The Writer having received two wounds, is left for dead on the field”

“When Steele rides after them, they shoot⟳ him and leave⟳ him for dead in the desert.”

“However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own⟳ half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish⟳ off a scintillating move⟳.”

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