LEAVE (SOMEONE) HOLDING THE BAG

Meaning of LEAVE (SOMEONE) HOLDING THE BAG in English

leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAVE — I. ˈlēv verb ( left ˈleft ; left ; leaving ; leaves ) Etymology: Middle English leven, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLDING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English holdyng, gerund of holden to hold 1. : the act of one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAG
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAVE — leave 1 — leaver , n. /leev/ , v. , left, leaving . v.t. 1. to go out of or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLDING — /hohl"ding/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that holds. 2. a section of land leased or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAG — — baglike , adj. /bag/ , n. , v. , bagged, bagging , interj. n. 1. a container or receptacle …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAVE — I. ˈlēv verb ( left ˈleft ; leav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLDING — I. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. : land held especially by a vassal or tenant b. : property (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAG — I. ˈbag also ˈbāg noun Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi Date: 13th century 1. : a usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAVE — vi to depart; to set out. 2. leave ·v to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. 3. leave …
Webster English vocab
HOLDING — noun the burden or chorus of a song. 2. holding ·noun that which holds, binds, or influences. 3. holding ·noun …
Webster English vocab
BAG — vi to become pregnant. 2. bag ·vi to swell with arrogance. 3. bag ·noun the quantity of game bagged. 4. …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAVE — [leave] vb left ; leav.ing [ME leven, fr. OE laefan; akin to OHG verleiben to leave, OE belifan to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLDING — [hold.ing] n (15c) 1 a: land held esp. by a vassal or tenant b: property (as land or securities) owned--usu. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BAG — [bag] n [ME bagge, fr. ON baggi] (13c) 1: a usu. flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLDING — holding BrE AmE ˈhəʊld ɪŋ ⇨ˈhɒʊld- AmE \ ˈhoʊld ɪŋ ▷ holding|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAVE — / liːv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( left , left / left; NAmE /) PLACE / PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLDING — / ˈhəʊldɪŋ; NAmE ˈhoʊ-/ noun 1. holding (in sth) a number of shares that sb has in a company : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAG — / bæg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun CONTAINER 1. [ C ] (often in compounds) a container made …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAVE — I. leave 1 S1 W1 /liːv/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle left /left/) [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLDING — hold ‧ ing W3 /ˈhəʊldɪŋ $ ˈhoʊl-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hold , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAG — I. bag 1 S1 W2 /bæɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: baggi …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAVE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. left) 1 a tr. go away from; cease to remain in or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLDING — n. 1 a land held by lease (cf. SMALLHOLDING). b the tenure of land. 2 stocks, property, etc. held. øholding …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAVE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. left) 1 a tr. go away from; cease to remain in or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLDING — n. 1 a land held by lease (cf. SMALLHOLDING). b the tenure of land. 2 stocks, property, etc. held. holding …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAG — n. & v. n. 1 a receptacle of flexible material with an opening at the top. 2 a (usu. in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
LEAVE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. left) 1. a tr. go away from; cease to remain in …
Oxford English vocab
HOLDING — n.1 a land held by lease (cf. SMALLHOLDING). b the tenure of land. 2 stocks, property, etc. held. Phrases and …
Oxford English vocab
BAG — n. & v. --n. 1. a receptacle of flexible material with an opening at the top. 2 a (usu. in …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAVE — ( leaves, leaving, left) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLDING — ( holdings) 1. If you have a holding in a company, you own shares in it. ( BUSINESS ) That …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAG — ( bags) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A bag is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLDING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES holding company holding pattern ▪ My career is in a holding pattern right now. holding...hostage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAG
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
HOLDING — [noun] [C] - something owned such as shares in a company or buildings, or land which is taken care of …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAVE — Synonyms and related words : AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLDING — Synonyms and related words : absolute interest, absorbing, adverse possession, alodium, arresting, attractive, bearing, benefit, blessed with, block, board lot, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLDING — I. noun Holding is used after these nouns: ↑ cash II. adj. Holding is used with these nouns: ↑ cell …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEAVE — INDEX: to leave a place 1. to go away from a place 2. what you say when you are going …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAVE — n. 25B6; verb I left the hotel : DEPART FROM, go (away) from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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