leaves behind
Exits without taking
Leaves behind means to depart without taking something or someone along.
You might leave behind your umbrella accidentally or leave behind your hometown deliberately.
The phrase often carries emotional weight—what's left behind may be abandoned, outgrown, or simply no longer needed: She left behind her old life when she moved abroad.
To leave someone behind can also mean to surpass them: The other runners left him behind after the first mile.
- footprintMark from stepping
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- residueMatter left behind
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
scar · bequeaths · debris · discard · echo · trail · drop · orphan · vestige · inheritance · aftermath · forsake · remnants · fingerprint · bitter taste · exits · vanishes · ghost town
leaves behindretrieves
Gets and returns
gathers · collects · picks up · reclaims · takes back
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