American English pronunciation

How to pronounce deserting

IPA transcription: ['dɛzɚtɪŋ]

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Verb

  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

    “The mother deserted her children”

  • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

    “If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”

  • leave behind

    “the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”