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    Idiom: Leave Someone Holding The Baby

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    leave someone holding the baby 

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    To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.

    A-Z Proximities

    • leave no stone unturned
    • leave nothing to the imagination
    • leave off
    • leave on
    • leave someone high and dry
    • leave someone holding the baby
    • leave someone in the lurch
    • leave someone out in the cold
    • leave someone to their own devices
    • left-handed compliment
    • left turn

    Similar Idioms

    • leave someone holding the baby
    • be left holding the baby
    • holding pattern
    • baby and bathwater
    • baby elephant in the room
    • baby up
    • food baby
    • make baby Jesus cry
    • throw the baby out with the bathwater
    • leave someone high and dry
    • leave someone in the lurch
    • leave someone out in the cold
    • leave someone to their own devices
    • eat and leave no crumbs
    • French leave
    • leave no stone unturned
    • leave a sour taste in one's mouth
    • leave at the door
    • leave behind
    • leave home

    Similar Phrases

    • break someone's heart
    • in someone's way
    • pull someone's leg
    • pull the wool over someone's eyes
    • sell someone out
    • take someone's side
    • holding pen
    • holding yard
    • multibank holding company
    • bank holding company
    • holding cell
    • holding company
    • holding device
    • holding paddock
    • holding pattern
    • family leave
    • ticket-of-leave
    • absence without leave
    • compassionate leave
    • french leave
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