im Stich lassen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
- forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
Senses
im Stich lassen is used for these senses in English:
- betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
- go back on To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
- leave someone in the lurch (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
- let down (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- maroon To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
betray — full definition
- verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- verb To reveal something unintentionally.
desert — full definition
- noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
- verb To abandon a place, person, or duty, especially when you had promised or were obligated to stay.
- noun What someone deserves, whether reward or punishment (usually in the phrase "just deserts").