leave (someone) holding the baby

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leave (someone) holding the baby

To foist responsibility or guilt for something on someone else; to allow someone else to take the blame for something. Primarily heard in UK. My partner had been cooking the books for years, and he left me holding the baby when the business collapsed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TahİRe	-	Turkish
Hugo	OO-go (Spanish), HYOO-go (English), HUY-kho (Dutch), HOO-go (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic (
Rameshwar	-	Indian, Hindi
JÓRunnr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Valorie	VAL-ə-ree	English
Tengiz	-	Georgian