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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To leave one in the lurch (0.00939 detik)
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Definition: To leave one in the lurch
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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