leave out
to not include someone or something
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To not include something or someone
shut out of
if someone is shut out of something, they are not allowed to do it or be involved in it
count out
to not include someone in a plan or activity
miss out
to fail to include someone or something, usually by accident
to the exclusion of something
when you do something to the exclusion of other things, you only do that one thing and not the other things
set/put something aside
to deliberately not consider or include something
exclude
verb
to deliberately prevent someone or something from being involved in an activity or from entering a place
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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