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hang out to dry
Idioms and Phrases
Abandon someone to danger, as in The squadron withdrew and just let us hang out to dry . This expression alludes to hanging wet laundry on a clothesline. [ Slang ; 1960s]Example Sentences
鈥淚 was really stuck back, because you don鈥檛 want to leave your elbow to hang out to dry, basically.鈥
"This administration left them to hang out to dry horribly," John Evans, president of the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, told Fox News.
鈥淲e let him hang out to dry again. We can sit here and talk about it, but we鈥檝e been talking about it for a while now.鈥
鈥淗e thought it was selfish,鈥 said Josh Holmes, Mr. McConnell鈥檚 top political adviser, recalling the lawmaker鈥檚 reaction to Mr. Ryan鈥檚 announcement: 鈥淚f he wanted to leave, he could leave after the election. He let all his guys hang out to dry.鈥
鈥淭hey鈥檝e all expressed that basically DJ is getting made to hang out to dry and that some of these so-called athletes are looking for participation trophies. Life is not about participation. It鈥檚 about learning life skills. DJ has been a great teacher of those.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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