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Leave behind

verb

Depart and not take along.

Be survived by after one's death. Synonym: leave. "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. Synonyms: leave, leave alone. "Leave the young fawn alone" , "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

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"Leave behind" Quotes from Famous Books

... in vain believ'd My eyes cou'd kindle any lasting Fires. I had forgot my Name, my Infamy, And the Reproach that Honour lays on those That dare pretend a sober passion here. Nice Reputation, tho it leave behind More Virtues than inhabit where that dwells, Yet that once gone, those virtues shine no more. —Then since I am not fit to belov'd, I am resolv'd to think on a Revenge On him that sooth'd me thus to ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) • Aphra Behn

... to leave behind him one of his quartermasters and six sailors, who ran away from the ship. The quartermaster had served in the same capacity on board of the Sirius, and immediately after his arrival in England (in the snow) engaged himself ...

— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins

... little face, "be not so mock-modest. You do very well. But tell me if you have any sweetheart in the city to leave behind you." ...

— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett

... rather the woman with whom I could chat contentedly for twenty years, and who would keep me to the mark. I am rather tired of being futile; and not for any moral reason, but because it is not worthy of me. In fine, I do not want to die entirely. I want to leave behind some not inadequate expression of Robert Etheridge Townsend, and I do not care at all what people say of it, so that it is here when I am gone. Oh, Stella understood! 'I want my life to count, I want to leave something in the world that wasn't ...

— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al

... man and most distinguished commander, who had endeared himself to me by numerous kindnesses, was requested by the Arverni to make a display of the power and greatness of Rome, and at the same time to leave behind him a memorial of his own government. He accordingly BUILT a WALL of bricks, twenty feet wide, sixty high, and extending to such a prodigious length that you could hardly trust your own eyes ...

— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce

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