leave flat

[leave flat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To quit or leave suddenly without warning when wanted or needed; desert; forsake; abandon.

* /Sam found that being a member of the trail-clearing group was a lot of hard work, so he left them flat./

* /My car ran out of gas and left me flat, ten miles from town./

Compare: LEAVE IN THE LURCH, WALK OUT(2).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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