desert Play verbAbandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous. SYNONYMS abandonabandonedabjureapostatizebereftbetraybetrayedbin offbreak up withcast offcast off/asidedisavowdisprofessditchditcheddropdroppeddumpdumpedforlornforsakeforsakenforsweargive someone the big Egive someone the pushgive uphave done withhave no more truck withjiltjiltedleaveleave behindleave high and dryleave in the lurchleave strandedmaroonmaroonedneglectneglectedrat onrecantrelinquishrelinquishedrenege onrenouncerenouncedrepudiateshunshunnedstrandstrandedthrow-overthrown overturn one's back onwalk/run out onwash one's hands of
