leave out
leave out — phrasal verb
- leave outbase form
- leaves out3rd person singular
- leaving out-ing form
- left outpast simple
1. to not put a person, detail, or item into a piece of writing, a spoken account,
to not put a person, detail, or item into a piece of writing, a spoken account, or a plan you are making — either by forgetting or by choice.
Nikhil left out the salt when he cooked the soup for his family.
leave out + ingredient
Emma realised she'd left her best friend out of the wedding invitation list.
leave + person + out of
Three witness statements were left out of the official accident report on the factory fire.
The teacher asked Layla why her name had been left out of the register.
Putri noticed that Kian had left out the most exciting chapter from his book report.
文法句型
leave out + noun/noun phrase
leave + noun/pronoun + out
leave + noun/pronoun + out of + noun
用法筆記
Separable — the object can go between 'leave' and 'out' or after 'out'. When the object is a pronoun, it must sit between: 'leave me out', not 'leave out me'.
常見錯誤
leave out — idiom
1. to shut a person or thing out of a group, event, or shared activity — whether by
to shut a person or thing out of a group, event, or shared activity — whether by intention or by accident.
The tennis club left out Javier when he couldn't pay the membership fee.
leave out + group of people
Ari felt terrible when his teammates left him out of the match.
leave + pronoun + out of [activity]
When the coach divided the teams, he left out the two youngest children by mistake.
The choir director left out Eshe when choosing singers for the spring concert.
Dahlia's name was left out of the programme even though she helped organise it.
文法句型
leave out + noun/noun phrase
leave + noun/pronoun + out
leave + noun/pronoun + out of + noun
用法筆記
Often used in social contexts where someone is shut out of a group activity. Carries more of a sense of physical or social exclusion than the phrasal-verb sense, which leans toward textual omission.