left in the lurch
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Middle French board game of lourche (“lurch”). Players suffered a lurch if they were left in a hopeless position which rendered victory impossible.[1]
Adjective
[edit]left in the lurch (not comparable)
References
[edit]- ^ Gary Martin (1997–) “Left in the lurch”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 26 February 2017.