lurch : Idioms & Phrases
in the lurch
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adverb in a difficult or vulnerable position
- he resigned and left me in the lurch
WordNet
To leave one in the lurch
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(a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one .(b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. Denham.But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. Hudibras.