leave behind

Meaning

1. 1

   leave sb / sth behind

   to make much better progress than sb

   Britain is being left behind in the race for new markets.

2. 2

   leave sb / sth behind

   to leave a person, place or state permanently

   She knew that she had left childhood behind.

In the movies · 89

• Not even a spare hanger can you leave behind.Gone Girl2014
• It wasn't a leave-behind. I forgot it in her purse.Ghosted2023
• Huh A past like yours you never leave behindThe Transporter2002
• ...so I decided to leave behind a diary...Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
• Who do we leave behind, and how do we leave them?Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• Make sure day watch didn't leave behind any surprises for us.End of Watch2012
• Leave it behind. Tak tak tak.The Visitor2008
• ...is to leave something behind.Interstellar2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

From the same entry

• leave go
• leave it at that
• leave it out
• can take it or leave it
• leave aside
• leave off
• leave off
• leave out
• be left over
• by your leave
• take leave of your senses
• take leave