leave sb holding the bag

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leave somebody holding the bag
To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container

The closing bell may be ringing for business method patents, and their patentees may find they have become bagholders. (Federal district court in CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions Inc., 2009 WL 815448 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 23, 2009), referring to the In re Bilski case).

leave somebody holding the bag
To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame

After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag.

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