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in the lurch
(encz) | in the lurch,průser [id.] jose |
in the lurch
(encz) | in the lurch,v bryndě [id.] jose |
in the lurch
(wn) | in the lurch
adv 1: in a difficult or vulnerable position; "he resigned and
left me in the lurch" |
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leave you in the lurch
(encz) | leave you in the lurch, |
To leave one in the lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj.,
deceived, embarrassed.]
1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of
the game of tables.
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2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his
adversary has been left in the lurch.
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Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.
--Walpole.
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To leave one in the lurch.
(a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so
far behind that the game is won before he has scored
thirty-one.
(b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to
stand by, a person in a difficulty. --Denham.
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But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch. --Hudibras.
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