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leave someone high and dry
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leave somebody high and dry
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Verb
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leave
(someone)
high and dry
(
idiomatic
)
To
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.
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leave someone in the lurch
leave to one's own devices
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Last edited on 12 August 2016, at 22:39