Abandon Forsake

The heroine forsook him for another lover; Don't forsake him in his hour of need; She felt forsaken by her family. He deserted his wife and family for another woman. (to abandon, to desert, to leave sb)

At the sound of air raid siren, they abandoned the town; ran to the shelters.

He abandoned himself to his emotions; (allow youself to be controlled completely by...)

The train lurched forward and some people standing fell over. (move in a way not regular or normal, uncontrolled, making sudden movements backwards or forwards, from side to side)

We seem to lucrch from crisis to crisis.

They suddenly walked (drove) off and left me in the lurch. (leave some one at a time when they need to stay and help them). He deserted the company and left his colleagues in the lurch.

He left me stranded in the town with no car and no money for a bus; If the tide comes in, we'll be stranded on these rocks. They stole all of his money and left him stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Let's drop the business and start again. (abandon)

He quit his job/You really ought to quit smoking.

He jilted her for his best friend's sister. (finish a romantic relationship suddenly & unkindly) She jilted him and went off with another fellow.

New evidence invalidate that argument/will/contract/law/agreement; (nullify). All my hard work was nullified when I lost my notes;

To quash a proposal; His conviction was quashed after his counsel argued that the police evidence was a tissue if lies. (refuse)

I'd love to know what she thinks about things, but she always keeps her own consel. (not say what your opinions are)