leave someone high and dry
Definition
› to leave someone in a difficult situation without any help: We were left high and dry without any money or credit cards.
(Definition of leave someone high and dry from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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leave n VACATION
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leave of absence n
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leave out something/someone phrasal verb
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leave someone cold idiom
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leave someone hanging idiom
- leave someone high and dry idiom
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leave someone in the lurch idiom
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leave someone to his or her own devices idiom
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leave someone/something alone phrasal verb
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leave v CAUSE TO STAY
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leave v GIVE RESPONSIBILITY
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