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Meanings of lurch in English
Usage of lurch in English
1
But several councillors said the government was leaving Aucklanders in the lurch.
2
Nepal, Bangladesh and the Maldives lurch from one political crisis to another.
3
That Ellis's company had left farmers in the lurch was well known.
4
Every few minutes Slidell would lurch to his feet and disappear outside.
5
With a sudden lurch forward the Sergeant plunged headlong in the snow.
6
The bubble burst leaving the new north Dublin suburb in the lurch.
7
It was never her way to leave a fellow-creature in the lurch.
8
Do you seriously mean you're going to leave me in the lurch?
9
The boat gave a little lurch toward the middle of the stream.
10
I hope to God he'll not leave us in the lurch to-night.
11
After all these years I could never leave Bernard in the lurch.
12
I lurch forward in surprise to look at the girl who spoke.
13
That was a pretty rough way you left me in the lurch.
14
But the world may have taken a lurch in their desired direction.
15
And he found his walk peculiar; more a lurch than a step.
16
And Dad would never have left any white man in the lurch.
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Lurch through the time
Lurch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common