leave someone/something standing

leave someone/something standing
informal be much better or make much faster progress than someone or something else

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • leave someone/thing standing — informal be much better or faster than someone or something else. → standing …   English new terms dictionary

  • leave something standing — leave someone/​something standing phrase to be so much better than someone or something that they cannot possibly reach the same standard or level Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: leave …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave someone standing — leave someone/​something standing phrase to be so much better than someone or something that they cannot possibly reach the same standard or level Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: leave …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave someone standing — leave (someone/something) standing British & Australian to be much better than everyone or everything else. Stella s singing was so good, she left the others standing. This is the best hoover I ve ever had. It leaves the rest standing …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave something standing — leave (someone/something) standing British & Australian to be much better than everyone or everything else. Stella s singing was so good, she left the others standing. This is the best hoover I ve ever had. It leaves the rest standing …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave standing — leave (someone/something) standing British & Australian to be much better than everyone or everything else. Stella s singing was so good, she left the others standing. This is the best hoover I ve ever had. It leaves the rest standing …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave — leave1 [ liv ] (past tense and past participle left [ left ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go away from place ▸ 2 go away permanently ▸ 3 stop working for someone etc. ▸ 4 put something somewhere ▸ 5 make something that remains ▸ 6 make someone feel/think ▸ 7… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • leave — I UK [liːv] / US [lɪv] verb Word forms leave : present tense I/you/we/they leave he/she/it leaves present participle leaving past tense left UK [left] / US past participle left *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to go away from a place We left… …   English dictionary

  • leave — leave1 W1S1 [li:v] v past tense and past participle left [left] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go away)¦ 2¦(stop)¦ 3 leave somebody/something alone 4¦(let something/somebody stay)¦ 5¦(not change/move something)¦ 6¦(result of accident/illness/event)¦ 7 be left… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • standing — noun 1》 position, status, or reputation. 2》 duration: a squabble of long standing. 3》 a stall for cattle or horses. adjective 1》 (of a jump or start of a race) performed from rest or an upright position. 2》 long term or regularly repeated: a… …   English new terms dictionary

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