leave holding the bag

[leave holding the bag] or [leave holding the sack] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything,

* /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./

2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame for something that others should share.

* /When the ball hit the glass, the team scattered and left George holding the bag./

* /After the party, the other girls on the clean-up committee went away with their dates, and left Mary holding the bag./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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