From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleave somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1 INCLUDEto not include someone or something She outlined the case to him, being careful not to leave anything out.leave somebody/something out of something Kidd has been left out of the team.2 be/feel left outREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to feel that you are not accepted or welcome in a situation New fathers often feel left out when baby arrives.3 leave it out! British English spokenBELIEVE used to tell someone to stop lying, pretending, or being annoying → leave→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
leave out• But hang on a minute ... Do you think I might have left anything out?• Don't be afraid to leave things out!• He placed the food on the kang and left dispiritedly.• You've left it out here.• Since they knew there were no diamonds in these harder rocks, they just left them out in the fields.• If this would otherwise be done leaving food out or in the refrigerator, then the microwave actually adds to energy use.• Clint woke up when she left and looked out the window.leave somebody/something out of something• And leave me out of it.• The law required Polly to establish that Peter's activities had left her out of pocket.• I am using this fact as an excuse to evade the problem and leave it out of the classification altogether.• Still, Leyland left him out of the postseason rotation because there was nobody else to work right-handed long relief.• Wilkinson was the first to leave, walking out of the room abruptly and looking somewhat tense.be/feel left out• The whole time I went to the youth group I felt completely left out.• But some will be left out.• Can it really be left out?• Had we picked Emburey, I think Willis would have been the one to be left out.• It was a testimonial to his personality that he could take his roots with him without making others feel left out.• They tried to see she didn't feel left out but Jean is very shy and sensitive.• A man can feel left out during pregnancy.• Those waiting for Washington to successfully deal with these issues will be left out in the cold.• Gwendolen McEwen had always felt left out when her schoolfriends went to see their grandparents, because she had none. 