leave someone high and dry

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toabandonsomebody; to stop providingassistanceat a crucial moment.He just walked out andleft her high and drywith two kids and a mortgage.2012, Andrew Martin,Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books,→ISBN, pages76, 77:When theMetfirst reachedChesham, in 1889, the townsfolk thought the growth of their town would be inexorable as a result. [...] The cry went up 'At last, we are on the main line!' And so they were - for three years, until theMetdecided to carry on toAmersham,leavingCheshamhigh and dryon a branch.

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