The phrase "abandon the rest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when instructing someone to leave behind or disregard other elements or parts of something.
Example: "After reviewing the options, I decided to abandon the rest and focus on the top three choices."
Alternatives: "discard the others" or "leave the remainder behind."
But following through on them is likely to become your personal competitive advantage, because so many people focus only on quick wins and abandon the rest.
It is becoming worse than that: an embarrassment to both China and to the Olympic movement.Related items Tibetans in Nepal: Good neighboursApr 3rd 2008 China and Tibet: Welcome to the OlympicsMar 27th 2008 A week in Tibet: Trashing the Beijing RoadMar 19th 2008Olympic officials would now like to abandon the rest of the flame's world tour, foreseeing that protests are likely to worsen.
Facing too many cases and not enough time, government lawyers will select even fewer cases and abandon the rest.
He adds: "The hardest part has been trying to find the real heart of Mary Shelley's story and abandon the rest.
The lanes, all in the city centre, will be the only ones in use, after Liverpool City Council decided to abandon the rest.
According to the Site Streams dev site, developers won't be able to fully abandon the REST API yet, as Site Streams will be prone to disruption as Twitter works out the kinks.
Scrambling for self-protection and abandoning the rest of the group.
Though one house in their little row appeared abandoned, the rest were well kept.
For they who resolved to stay at Rome, abandoning the rest of the city, betook themselves to the Capitol, which they fortified with the help of missiles and new works.
He also alienated some of his traditional base, progressive and black leaders who derided his policies as "Jerryfication" and accused him of abandoning the rest of the city for his downtown dreams.
