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Hang out to dry

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.

2.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang,‎ out,‎ dry.

Synonyms

leave someone high and dry leave someone in the lurch strand leave someone holding the bag bail out on abandon ship leave someone out in the cold leave someone holding the baby bail out drip-dry drop off the hooks abandon

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