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Leave someone high and dry

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.

"He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage."

Synonyms

hang out to dry leave someone in the lurch leave someone holding the bag strand leave someone out in the cold bail out on abandon ship leave someone holding the baby leave behind leave someone to their own devices abandon dry up

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