"leave someone hanging" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: leaves someone hanging [present, singular, third-person], leaving someone hanging [participle, present], left someone hanging [participle, past], left someone hanging [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> someone hanging}} leave someone hanging (third-person singular simple present leaves someone hanging, present participle leaving someone hanging, simple past and past participle left someone hanging)
  1. To leave someone waiting in anticipation of one's response. Related terms: keep someone hanging, hang out to dry, leave someone high and dry Translations (Translations): mettre un vent à quelqu’un (French), hängenlassen (German), deixar alguém no vácuo (Portuguese), mang-iwan sa eyre (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for leave someone hanging meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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