Emotions & feelings
leave something behind
move on without worries
If you leave something behind, you stop allowing past worries or responsibilities to affect a new situation.
Hear it in real life
Are you still thinking about that argument?
No, I'm trying to leave it behind.
I go hiking at the weekend to leave the stress of work behind.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: leave behind it
Say: leave it behind
When the object is a pronoun, put it between “leave” and “behind.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
leave worries behind; leave work behind; leave the past behind
Your turn: say it out loud
I go hiking at the weekend to leave the stress of work behind.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
leave something behind
move on without worries
“I go hiking at the weekend to leave the stress of work behind.”
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