Leave someone holding the bag

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.

"After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag."

2.VerbTo remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.

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