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{
"etymology_text": "Originated in 18th-century Britain, referring to a person left holding stolen goods while the rest of a criminal gang escapes.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leaves someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leaving someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "left someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"participle",
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},
{
"form": "left someone holding the bag",
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]
}
],
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"1": "leave<,,left> someone holding the bag"
},
"expansion": "leave someone holding the bag (third-person singular simple present leaves someone holding the bag, present participle leaving someone holding the bag, simple past and past participle left someone holding the bag)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"word": "bagholder"
}
],
"senses": [
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{
"_dis": "53 47",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame."
],
"id": "en-leave_someone_holding_the_bag-en-verb-bQLrZp7b",
"links": [
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"abandon",
"abandon"
],
[
"responsibility",
"responsibility"
],
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"blame",
"blame"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "jättää ottamaan syyt niskoilleen"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "faire porter le chapeau"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "botar a culpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "botar as culpas"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "lasciare col cerino in mano"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wziąć dupę w troki"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "pagar as favas"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "ru",
"english": "lit:hang all the dogs (on somebody)",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povésitʹ vsex sobak",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "пове́сить всех собак"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "ru",
"english": "lit: to drop the blame (on someone)",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svalitʹ vinu",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "свалить вину"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 32",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "echar el muerto"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container."
],
"id": "en-leave_someone_holding_the_bag-en-verb-baMFYiej",
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"word": "leave someone in the lurch"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"word": "leave someone holding the baby"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"word": "leave someone high and dry"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Bagholder"
],
"word": "leave someone holding the bag"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_text": "Originated in 18th-century Britain, referring to a person left holding stolen goods while the rest of a criminal gang escapes.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leaves someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leaving someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "left someone holding the bag",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "left someone holding the bag",
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"past"
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "bagholder"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame."
],
"links": [
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"abandon",
"abandon"
],
[
"responsibility",
"responsibility"
],
[
"blame",
"blame"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leave someone in the lurch"
},
{
"word": "leave someone holding the baby"
},
{
"word": "leave someone high and dry"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "jättää ottamaan syyt niskoilleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "faire porter le chapeau"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "botar a culpa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "botar as culpas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "lasciare col cerino in mano"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wziąć dupę w troki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "pagar as favas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lit:hang all the dogs (on somebody)",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povésitʹ vsex sobak",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "пове́сить всех собак"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lit: to drop the blame (on someone)",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svalitʹ vinu",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "свалить вину"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame",
"word": "echar el muerto"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Bagholder"
],
"word": "leave someone holding the bag"
}
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