1. To forsake, leave behind
2. To give up with the intent of never claiming again; SYN. give up.
3. To leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; SYN. forsake, desert, to leave in the lurch.
4. To stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; SYN. give up.
1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake.
2. To abandon (a military group) without leave; to abandon one's duty.
1. To isolate without resources
2. To leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon; SYN. strand.