hang someone out to dry — 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 … New idioms dictionary
hang you out to dry — defeat you, convict you, throw the book at If you re caught shoplifting, they ll hang you out to dry … English idioms
hang someone out to dry — informal leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation. → hang … English new terms dictionary
hang someone out to dry — informal leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation … Useful english dictionary
hang someone or something out to dry — hang (someone or something) out to dry see hang out at ↑hang, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
hang out to dry — 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 … New idioms dictionary
hang out to dry — If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble … The small dictionary of idiomes
hang — verb (past and past participle hung except in sense 2) 1》 suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. ↘attach or be attached so as to allow free movement about the point of attachment. ↘attach (meat or game) to a… … English new terms dictionary
hang out to dry — phrasal : to leave stranded in a hopeless or dangerous situation * * * hang (someone or something) out to dry see hang out at ↑hang, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
hang — Ho olewalewa, lewalewa, lewa, kau, kau lewa. Also: alu, kaulei, kā awe, lī; ♦ hang up, as telephone, kau; ♦ hang down, hō alu, he e, mū olo, olo, luhe; ♦ hang loose, mū olo, ku uwelu, olo olo; ♦ hang short, kau ne ine i; ♦ hang … English-Hawaiian dictionary
