hold the bag

1. see leave holding the bag.

Example Sentences

Increasingly, firms’ access to retirees’ money looks less like a way to help ordinary investors get in on the action, and more like a way to force them to hold the bag as larger, more sophisticated investors look to escape.

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Why would he not take the opportunity, particularly when the investors who have gifted him this asset would be so enthusiastic to hold the bag?

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To prevent injury, hold the bag tight as the mojo or juju is released in order to activate the protection mojo.

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Then we hold the bag high, tilt it, and begin shaking it until we feel the fertilizer starting to pour out.

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"Eviction moratoria have not only left renters strapped with insurmountable debt but have left small owners to unfairly hold the bag," he added.

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