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Discover LudwigThe phrase "left for dead" is correct and usable in written English.
You would usually use it to emphasize that someone was in a desperate and abandoned state. For example, "The family dog was left for dead in the middle of the street."
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left for dead
verb
Past of leave for dead
Exact(60)
I was shot and left for dead.
You're down, left for dead.
"I've been left for dead so many times," Lukas said.
Half a century later, it had been left for dead.
A teenage girl was also left for dead, but survived.
Josie, then nine, was left for dead but has recovered.
A.I.G. was supposed to be left for dead.
"Three weeks ago, we were left for dead.
Fifteen minutes ago, the Knicks were left for dead.
Once, I was shot and left for dead".
Soon afterward, he is mugged, robbed, and left for dead.
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