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leave someone holding the bag and leave someone holding the baby Fig. to allow someone to take all the blame; to leave someone appearing to be guilty. They all ran off and left me holding the bag. It wasn't even my fault. It was all the mayor's fault, but he wasn't left holding the bag. be left holding the baby (British) also be left holding the bag (American) to suddenly have to deal with a difficult problem or responsibility because someone else has decided they do not want to deal with it He abandoned the project after a year because he felt that it was going to fail and I was left holding the baby. leave somebody 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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