leave out

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leave out

verb leaves out · leaving out · left out

To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention. The journalist decided to leave out certain details from her story.
informal To cease or desist from (a behaviour or activity); see also leave it out. Hey! Leave out the complaining now, will you?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out. After breakfast, there were still some ingredients left out that needed to be put away.
Similar: exclude, miss out, omit

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verb to leave out or to not include; to omit

Español	dejar de lado

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@misc{leave_out_2026,
  title = {leave out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leave%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}