leave out

Verb

leave out (third-person singular simple present leaves out, present participle leaving out, simple past and past participle left out)

1. To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
   • The journalist decided to leave out certain details from her story.
   • The journalist decided to leave the sleaze out of her story.
2. (informal) To cease or desist from (a behaviour or activity); see also leave it out.
   • Hey! Leave out the complaining now, will you?
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out.
   • After breakfast, there were still some ingredients left out that needed to be put away.

   Synonyms:

   exclude, miss out, omit