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holding the bag

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  • holding the bag — left alone to finish the work or be responsible    Mom says we leave her holding the bag to finish jobs alone …   English idioms

  • leave\ holding\ the\ bag — • leave holding the bag • leave holding the sack v. phr. informal 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag. 2. To force (someone) to take the whole… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave holding the bag — or[leave holding the sack] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, * /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./ 2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave holding the bag — or[leave holding the sack] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, * /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./ 2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • be left holding the bag — INFORMAL ► to be made responsible for something that was really the fault of somebody else: »He quit the company and we were left holding the bag for the bad decisions he d made. Main Entry: ↑bag …   Financial and business terms

  • leave somebody holding the bag — verb a) To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame. After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag. b) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or… …   Wiktionary

  • leave someone holding the bag — leave (someone) holding the bag to make someone else take all of the responsibility. If we loan the company money we want to be sure it won t fail and leave us holding the bag …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave holding the bag — leave (someone) holding the bag to make someone else take all of the responsibility. If we loan the company money we want to be sure it won t fail and leave us holding the bag …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave somebody holding the bag — leave sb holding the ˈbag idiom (NAmE, informal) to suddenly make sb responsible for sth important, such as finishing a difficult job, that is really your responsibility • You two were going to fly off and leave me holding the bag. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave holding the bag — vp To be made a scapegoat. When the hand grenade exploded beneath the cow, Beulah was left holding the bag. 1860s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • leave you holding the bag — leave you to do the work or finish a difficult job    He left me holding the bag. I had to finish the work by myself …   English idioms

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