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leave behind

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
leave [sth/sb] behind vtr phrasal sep	(fail to bring)	olvidar⇒ vtr
		olvidarse⇒ v prnl
		dejar⇒ vtr
		dejarse⇒ v prnl
	It wasn't until I got to the airport that I found I had left my passport behind.
	Cuando llegué al aeropuerto me di cuenta de que había olvidado el pasaporte.
	Cuando llegué al aeropuerto me di cuenta de que me había dejado el pasaporte.
leave [sb/sth] behind vtr phrasal sep	(get ahead of)	dejar atrás vtr + adv
	The sprinter from Nigeria left all the other runners behind.
	El velocista nigeriano dejó atrás a los demás corredores.
leave [sb] behind vtr phrasal sep	figurative (perform better) (informal)	ganarle por mucho a loc verb + prep
	(informal)	aplastar a vtr + prep
	(coloquial)	darle vueltas a loc verb + prep
	(CO, VE: informal)	dejar botado a loc verb + prep
	From a very early age, Joseph has always left his peers behind.
	Desde una edad muy temprana, Joseph les gana por mucho a sus compañeros.
leave [sth/sb] behind vtr phrasal sep	(shed, escape [sth/sb] unwanted)	dejar atrás loc verb
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
	Brian has a good job now and has left his days of poverty behind him.
	Brian tiene un buen trabajo ahora, y dejó atrás sus días en la pobreza.

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