What is the meaning of LEFT IN-THE-LURCH. Phrases containing LEFT IN-THE-LURCH
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Out in the left field is slang for completely wrong.
Left hander is British slang for a homosexual.
Lift is slang for arrest or capture. Lift is slang for to steal.
The movement, left or right, of the bearing to an object in motion relative to your platform. If the object's bearing is moving to the left or right then the object will likely pass either forward or aft of your ship. See Closing on a Steady Bearing.
Left footer is British slang for a catholic.
Loft is British slang for the head.
To outclass, exceed or transcend. e.g. "The Yank left us for dead in the last America's cup race"
n attic. The small space in the rafters of your house where you keep letters from your ex-lovers and all of your school books, just in case they might ever come in handy again. The word “attic” is also used in the U.K.
abandoned in a time of need I
Left back is British slang for a playing card with three pips.
Vrb phrs. Turn left / right.
not informed ‘I’ve been left out in the cold’
Left and right is London Cockney rhyming slang for fight.
Working the lemon is British slang for stealing from coats left in public washrooms.
Inside left is British slang for the ten in a deck of playing cards.
Left half is British slang for a playing card with six pips.
Left in the lurch is London Cockney rhyming slang for church.
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n.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
a.
Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
imp. & p. p.
of Let
n.
The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.
obs. imp.
of Let, to allow.
n.
A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.
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Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
n.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
n.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
n.
That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North.
v. t.
To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
a.
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
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The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
a.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
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Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
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The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
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Alt. of Left-handiness
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Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
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Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.
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