leave for dead

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === leave for dead (third-person singular simple present leaves for dead, present participle leaving for dead, simple past and past participle left for dead) (transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow. (figurative, by extension, transitive) To disregard or bypass as unimportant. ==== Usage notes ==== The object is placed between leave and for dead (e.g. They left them for dead.), except when passive (They were left for dead.). ==== Translations ====