abandon
B2Academic AWL-8Frequent NGSL-2UK /əˈbændən/US /əˈbændən/
Meaning
verb
to leave somebody, especially somebody you are responsible for, with no intention of returning
“abandon somebody, The baby had been abandoned by its mother.”
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“sort of abandoned The Entity list”
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“[LAUGHTER] This liberating discovery enables me to proceed-- [LAUGHTER] --without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law, or politics for the giddy delights”
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