Synonyms for leave behind
leave be·hind

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1. leave behindverb

   depart and not take along

   "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

   Synonyms:
   leave alone, leave

2. leave, leave behindverb

   be survived by after one's death

   "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

   Synonyms:
   lead, provide, leave alone, exit, go away, give, will, leave, get out, result, pull up stakes, go out, entrust, pass on, depart, forget, bequeath, go forth, allow, impart, allow for

3. leave, leave alone, leave behindverb

   leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

   "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

   Synonyms:
   lead, provide, leave alone, exit, go away, give, will, leave, get out, result, pull up stakes, go out, entrust, pass on, depart, forget, bequeath, go forth, allow, impart, allow for

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1. Vanna Bonta:

   Our lives are fictions, a work we leave behind, signed.

2. Walter Lippmann:

   The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

3. Brian Tracy:

   In life you can never be too kind or too fair everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.

4. Michelle Vo:

   I get that the old design is cool. It's kind of quintessential 1980s, and it's like an old friend we don't want to leave behind, but it's OK to have a new friend, too.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   Know thyself," said the old philosopher, "improve thyself," saith the new. Our great object in time is not to waste our passions and gifts on the things external that we must leave behind, but that we cultivate within us all that we can carry into the eternal progress beyond.