Usually means: Abandon someone in difficult situation.
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  1. hang out to dry: Merriam-Webster
  2. hang out to dry: Wiktionary
  3. hang out to dry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hang out to dry: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. hang out to dry: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hang out to dry: Encyclopedia

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  1. hang out to dry: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (hang out to dry)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out, dry.

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