Usually means: Abandon someone in difficult times.
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  1. leave someone in the lurch: Merriam-Webster
  2. leave someone in the lurch: Collins English Dictionary
  3. leave someone in the lurch: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (leave someone in the lurch)

verb:  (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.

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