Usually means: Left to suffer without help.
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  1. twist in the wind: Merriam-Webster
  2. twist in the wind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. twist in the wind: Wiktionary

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  1. twist in the wind: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (twist in the wind)

verb:  (idiomatic) To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
verb:  (idiomatic) To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time.

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