leave out
Meaning: If you leave something out, you don't include it or count it.
Synonym: omitFor example:
- leave sth/sb out There should be twelve books in the box, but there are only eleven. They left one out.
- leave out sth/sb If you're filling in the application form, you can leave out your date of birth. We don't need to know that.
- be left out Patrice hasn't been playing well lately, so he's been left out of the team for today's game.
Quick Quiz:
We couldn't include all our players in the Olympic squad, and the ones who were left out were
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