hang out to dry

Definitions

1. 1

   To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.

   • I'll take advantage while / You hang me out to dry
   • Without supplemental health insurance, we would have been hung out to dry.
   • It's hard to avoid the conclusion that young people are being hung out to dry.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out, dry.

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