high and dry
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And he does not want to leave his clients high and dry should he die unexpectedly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
They knocked them off in four, with Curran left high and dry on 15 deliveries.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024
But just now, the late spring weather forecast for temperatures and precipitation thereabouts looks hearteningly like the dramatic peninsula itself: high and dry.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
The land is high and dry, the ground rocky and inhospitable — not like the rainy coastal Northwest, where trees grow thick and fast.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
What a no-good nothing he is and how he left her high and dry.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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