to invite friends and relatives for drinks after childbirth (a traditional obligation of the father still upheld in rural parts of Northern Germany, including the Münsterland)

(idiomatic) to indulge, to let oneself go, especially to revel, to have a good time with food, drink and merriment

(informal) to let be, refrain

(informal) Synonym of sein lassen

(literally) to keep someone seated / (figurative) to leave someone in the lurch

(literally) to leave behind / (figurative) Alternative form of liegenlassen

Alternative form of hängenlassen