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be left holding the bag
idiomUS(UKbe left holding the baby)
to suddenly have to deal with a difficult situation because others have decided that they do not want the responsibility:
The other investors pulled out of the project and we were left holding the bag.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Coping and not coping
balancing act
be left holding the babyidiom
bear up
bite
bite off more than you can chewidiom
cut
heat
hold
juggle
juggling
keep body and soul togetheridiom
keep your head above wateridiom
keep/hold your end upidiom
manage
roll
scrape through (something)
sink or swimidiom
stretch to something
stride
subsist
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