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Definition of lurch noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

lurch

 noun
noun
NAmE//lərtʃ//
 
[usually singular]
 
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  • a sudden strong movement that moves you forward or sideways and nearly makes you lose your balance The train stopped with a lurch. With a lurch the party found itself heading for a major crisis.
    • Idioms
    leave somebody in the lurch (informal)
     
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    to fail to help someone when they are relying on you to do so I'm sorry to leave you in the lurch but I can't do the presentation with you this afternoon. She felt she had been left in the lurch by all her colleagues.
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