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Synonyms for leave holding the bag
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bag |
| Phonetic Transcription : bæg |
Top 10 synonyms for leave holding the bag Other synonyms for the word leave holding the bag
- abandon
- abjure
- abnegate
- abscond
- angle
- bag it
- bail out
- beguile
- betray
- cede
- cheat
- come up with
- con
- conspire
- contrive
- cook
- cop out
- cut loose
- cut out
- demit
- desert
- design
- devise
- ditch
- doctor
- drop
- engineer
- fence
- finagle
- finesse
- flight
- fly
- forswear
- give up
- go around
- hand over
- hightail
- hotfoot
- hurtle
- intrigue
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- leap
- leave
- leave flat
- leave helpless
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- leave in trouble
- let down
- machinate
- make a break for it
- make off
- make tracks
- manage
- manipulate
- move
- navigate
- operate
- opt out
- play
- play games
- play one false
- plot
- proceed
- pull strings
- push around
- put one over
- quit
- quitclaim
- relinquish
- render
- renounce
- resign
- retire
- rig
- run like scared rabbit
- run out on
- rush
- scam
- scamper
- scoot
- sell out
- sham
- shift
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- spring
- sprint
- start
- startle
- step down
- step on it
- surrender
- take flight
- take off
- trick
- upstage
- vacate
- waive
- walk out on
- wangle
- withdraw
- work
- yield
Définition of leave holding the bag
Origin :- c.1200, bagge, from Old Norse baggi or a similar Scandinavian source; not found in other Germanic languages, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin. Disparaging slang for "woman" dates from 1924 (though various specialized senses of this are much older). Meaning "person's area of interest or expertise" is 1964, from Black English slang, from jazz sense of "category," probably via notion of putting something in a bag.
- To be left holding the bag (and presumably nothing else), "cheated, swindled" is attested by 1793. Many figurative senses are from the notion of the game bag (late 15c.) into which the product of the hunt was placed; e.g. the verb meaning "to kill game" (1814) and its colloquial extension to "catch, seize, steal" (1818). To let the cat out of the bag "reveal the secret" is from 1760.
- As in maneuver : verb plan, scheme
- As in abdicate : verb give up a right, position, or power
- As in bolt : verb run quickly away
- As in leave in the lurch : verb abandon
- As in quitclaim : verb abdicate
Antonyms for leave holding the bag
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