in de steek laten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- abandoned adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
- abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
- betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- jilt noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
Senses
in de steek laten is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- abandoned No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
- abandonment The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
- betray (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- jilt (transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
abandoned — full definition
- adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
- adj Completely free of restraint or inhibition.