holding the bag
21hold the bag — {v. phr.} To be made liable for or victimized. * /We went out to dinner together but when it was time to pay I was left holding the bag./ …
22hold the bag — {v. phr.} To be made liable for or victimized. * /We went out to dinner together but when it was time to pay I was left holding the bag./ …
23hold\ the\ bag — v. phr. To be made liable for or victimized. We went out to dinner together but when it was time to pay I was left holding the bag …
24hold the bag — (USA) If someone is responsible for something, they are holding the bag. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
25Hold the bag — (USA) If someone is responsible for something, they are holding the bag …
26leave\ holding\ the\ sack — • leave holding the bag • 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… …
27To give one the bag — Bag Bag (b[a^]g), n. [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.] 1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money. [1913 Webster] 2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some… …
28bag — UK US /bæg/ noun [C] ● be in the bag Cf. be in the bag ● be left holding the bag Cf. be left holding the bag …
29bag — [bag] n. [ME bagge < ON baggi] 1. a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch 2. a piece of hand luggage; suitcase 3. a woman s handbag or purse 4. a) a container for… …
30be left holding the baby (or N. Amer. bag) — informal be left with an unwelcome responsibility. → hold …