leave out
[verb]
Synonyms: omit, cast aside, disregard, exclude, ignore, neglect, overlook, reject

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English Thesaurus: exclude, omit, leave out, miss out, drop, ...

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leave somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also leave)

1. to not include someone or something:
She outlined the case to him, being careful not to leave anything out.
leave somebody/something out of something
Kidd has been left out of the team.

2. be/feel left out to feel that you are not accepted or welcome in a situation:
New fathers often feel left out when baby arrives.

3. leave it out! British English spoken used to tell someone to stop lying, pretending, or being annoying

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exclude formal to deliberately not include someone or something, especially in a way that seems wrong or unfair:
The new law protects most workers, but excludes those on part-time contracts.
omit formal to not include something, especially a piece of information, either deliberately or because you forget:
Sara’s name had been omitted from the list of employees.
leave out to not include someone or something, either deliberately or accidentally. Leave out is more common in everyday English than exclude or omit:
Fans were shocked that Giggs had been left out of the team.
You must have left out one of the numbers.
miss out British English to not include someone or something that should be included, often by mistake:
You missed out several important facts.
They’ve missed out the last letter of his name.
drop to decide not to include someone or something – used especially about not including someone in a team:
He was dropped from the team because of injury.
The company decided to drop the word ‘healthy’ from its advertising.
be exempt(ed) from something formal used when saying that a rule, law, agreement etc does not affect someone or something:
People with bad eyesight were exempt from military service.
High technology equipment would be exempted from any trade agreement.

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leave out
leave out (someone/something)
to omit someone or something.
You left out the best parts of the story.

How many friends did you have to leave out of the guest list for the wedding?

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leave out something
leave out (someone/something)
to omit someone or something.
You left out the best parts of the story.

How many friends did you have to leave out of the guest list for the wedding?

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leave out
omit something
He told me about the accident but he left out some of the main points.

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leave something out
omit something
He told me about the accident but he left out some of the main points.

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leave out
v. phr. To skip; omit.
The printer accidentally left out two paragraphs from Alan's novel.

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