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hang
(redirected from hang out to dry)

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hang verb condemn to death, corporal punishment, deprive of life, dispose of by death, end the life of a connemned, inflict capital punishment, inflict mortal punishhent, kill, murder, punish by death, punish with death, put to death, put to death according to law, slay, snuff out the life of, terminate the life of
Associated concepts: death by lethal injection, death penalty, electric chair, gas chamber, right to life


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Some anti-military liberals are ready to hang out to dry any troops caught up in civilian-casualty incidents, without understanding the impossible pressures under which these troops have been forced to serve--the enemy can be any man, woman, or child at any time; most attacks are by a faceless enemy placing roadside bombs; sectarian violence adds to the confusion; and many of the enemy look forward to dying.
``I left them to hang out to dry a little too long and try and find their own way back out of that morass, and they just couldn't find their way out.
 
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