leave for dead
verbDefinitions
To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated,…
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.
- He stood in the middle of a narrow part of the road, stopped the horse, and struck Fyot with a heavy cudgel, leaving him for dead in the ditch.
- The Writer having received two wounds, is left for dead on the field
- When Steele rides after them, they shoot him and leave him for dead in the desert.
To disregard or bypass as unimportant.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA