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# {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you go away from it with no plan to return. <> [[bar]], [[bari]]. {{syn|let}} | # {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you go away from it with no plan to return. <> [[bar]], [[bari]]. {{syn|let}} | ||
#: ''An '''[[abandoned]]''' site'' <> [[kufai]]. | |||
#: ''Many teens '''abandon''' all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.'' | #: ''Many teens '''abandon''' all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.'' | ||
#: ''After much thought, they '''abandoned''' the idea as being too difficult.'' | #: ''After much thought, they '''abandoned''' the idea as being too difficult.'' | ||
#: ''The government '''abandons''' after-school programs when money is tight.'' | #: ''The government '''abandons''' after-school programs when money is tight.'' | ||
# {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you give up control of it. | # {{transitive verb}} If you '''abandon''' something, you give up control of it. <> [[watsa]]r da, barin iko. | ||
#: '' '''Abandon''' one's family <> '''watsar da''' iyali. | |||
#: ''They danced wildly down the street, '''abandoning''' themselves to the night and the moon.'' | #: ''They danced wildly down the street, '''abandoning''' themselves to the night and the moon.'' | ||
#: ''The woodcutter and his wife considered '''abandoning''' Hansel and Gretel in the forest.'' | #: ''The woodcutter and his wife considered '''abandoning''' Hansel and Gretel in the forest.'' | ||