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hang someone out to dry to not support or help someone. After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry. Etymology: based on the practice of hanging an animal that has been killed in a tree so its meat can dry |
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Some anti-military liberals are ready to hang out to dry any troops caught up in civilian-casualty incidents, without understanding the impossible pressures under which these troops have been forced to serve--the enemy can be any man, woman, or child at any time; most attacks are by a faceless enemy placing roadside bombs; sectarian violence adds to the confusion; and many of the enemy look forward to dying. ``I left them to hang out to dry a little too long and try and find their own way back out of that morass, and they just couldn't find their way out. |
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