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high and dry

Stranded, as in They walked out on the party, leaving me high and dry. This expression originally alluded to a ship that had run aground or was in dry dock. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

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Playing an unnamed surfer stuck high and dry atop a parched parking lot, Cage stares down at the waves below with the thirst of a battered cartoon coyote.

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“Those are just a few examples of the programs of the people that have been left high and dry because of the administration’s illegal and unconstitutional attempt to freeze funding,” he said.

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Ms Rowe said that her family had been "left high and dry".

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They knocked them off in four, with Curran left high and dry on 15 deliveries.

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“If there’s somebody who, in 2024, will get some site acquisition funds and they were planning to come back next year or the year after that to look for some construction funds, we’re leaving them high and dry” if the dollars are withheld, she said.

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