hang out to dry
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“I was really stuck back, because you don’t want to leave your elbow to hang out to dry, basically.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
Meanwhile, as the blue ribbon institutions battle over stars, they are letting legions of very good, if not superlative, students hang out to dry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our socks and other damp articles which we hang out to dry at night became immediately covered with long feathery crystals exactly like plumes.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
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