dejar tirado

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to leave stranded”.

Verb

dejar tirado (first-person singular present dejo tirado, first-person singular preterite dejé tirado, past participle dejado tirado)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) to leave someone in the lurch, abandon, to give up

Further reading

• “dejar a alguien tirado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28