leave out

phrasal verb

left out; leaving out; leaves out

: to not include or mention (someone or something)

The movie leaves a lot out of the story.

Did everyone get a piece of cake? I don't want to leave anyone out.

They always leave her out of the conversation.

Examples of leave out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lack of engagement is a sign that your niche feels left out of the equation, and your strategy may be coming off as one-sided. —

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024 How should chocolate mousse cake be stored? Mousse cake should be stored covered in the refrigerator, and left out for no more than two hours when serving. —

Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 3 May 2024 Biden’s actions put in place stronger federal protections for areas that were left out when each monument was initially set aside by then-President Obama, in 2014 in the case of the San Gabriel Mountains, and the following year for Berryessa Snow Mountain. —

Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 Telling this Holocaust romance called for knowing what to include and what to leave out, and for the right movements and gestures on camera, explains Mundell. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024 At camp, Liz expressed her frustrations about being left out of the group’s strategy to split votes on Hunter and Q in case Hunter played his idol. —

Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024 While it's sold unrefrigerated and left out seemingly all day on restaurant tables, people are generally at odds about how the condiment should be stored once the seal has been broken. —

Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024 That approach leaves out the additional factors raised by Dr. Manzano. —

Michael Benanav, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024 The proliferation of online profiles, self-summaries where all the haze and contradictions of a person are left out, hastened this process; hashtags turned personal branding into a sport, and the algorithms took things from there. —

Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024

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