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leave someone holding the baby

idiom

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


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  1. 01

    as if someone owns the place

    Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

  2. 02

    baby and bathwater

    Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

  3. 03

    baby elephant in the room

    An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

  4. 04

    baby step

    A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

  5. 05

    baby up

    To treat as a baby.

  6. 06

    Basin of gravy

    [Cockney slang]baby

    Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.

  7. 07

    be left holding the baby

    To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

  8. 08

    beat someone round the ears

    To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

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