leave someone in the lurch
/L IY1 V S AH0 M W AH0 N IH0 N DH AH0 L ER0 CH/verb
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To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
“He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.”
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