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Left Someone Behind

MEANING IN ENGLISH

Advanced much faster than someone, leaving them behind in pace, progress, or physical location.

In context

01

Rapid advances in automation left many unskilled workers behind.

02

During the mountain trek, we made sure our fast pace never left anyone behind in the woods.

Synonyms

outpaced,outdistanced,abandoned

Antonyms

carried along,waited for,kept pace with

Collocations

no one left behind,rapidly left someone behind,progress leaves someone behind

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗