leave someone holding the baby (English, verb)
expansion: leave someone holding the baby (third-person singular simple present leaves someone holding the baby, present participle leaving someone holding the baby, simple past and past participle left someone holding the baby)
Senses:
glosses: To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: leaves someone holding the baby
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leaving someone holding the baby
tags: participle
present
form: left someone holding the baby
tags: participle
past
form: left someone holding the baby
tags: past