I need a good definition of .... the phrase ... to get left in the lerch?

Question

or so- so left me in a lerch.

Answer 1

TO be left in the lurch means to be stood up, left behind without knowledge, to be abandoned to fend for yourself.

Answer 2

This is the Oxford dictionary's definition:
To be left in the lurch: to leave in adverse circumstances without assistance.
In common usuage it means if you are left in a situation other than what you intended, or to be left to cope with someone else's problem.

Answer 3

to be left in the lurch..............is to be left in a difficult and embarrasing position by someone or something else.