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：2025/11/20
hang out to dry
Verb
idiomatic
transitive
Japanese Meaning
（比喩的または慣用表現以外の場合）「hang」「out」「dry」としての基本的な意味を参照する / （慣用的に）困っている人や危険な状況にある人、特に同僚や依存している人を見捨てる
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out, dry. / (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.
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hang out to dry
Every Sunday I hang out to dry the clean sheets on the clothesline in the backyard.
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Every Sunday I hang out to dry the clean sheets on the clothesline in the backyard.
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