| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again: abandon, forsake, leave1, quit, throw over. Idioms: run out on, walk out on. See KEEP. 2. To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another: apostatize, defect, renegade, tergiversate, turn. Slang : rat. Idioms: change sides, turn one's coat. See APPROACH, TRUST.
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