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be left holding the baby

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be left holding the baby (British, 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.

See also: baby, holding, left

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