leave sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with leave uk/liːv/us/liːv/verb left, left
B2 to not include someone or something:
You can leave the butter out of this recipe if you're on a low-fat diet.
I've made a list of names - I hope I haven't left anyone out.
None of the other children play with her, and I think she feels left out (= feels that no one wants to be her friend).
More examples
- I read the book to my children, but I left out the rude bits.
- The report left out all reference to the argument.
- We must set the price so that poorer families are not left out.
- She always gets left out when the sports teams are chosen.
- I made the sauce leaving out the brandy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
- send sb to Coventry idiom
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