high and dry

Ms Rowe said that her family had been "left high and dry".

They knocked them off in four, with Curran left high and dry on 15 deliveries.

“If there’s somebody who, in 2024, will get some site acquisition funds and they were planning to come back next year or the year after that to look for some construction funds, we’re leaving them high and dry” if the dollars are withheld, she said.

Spotting threats to vulnerable natural areas has become a mission for Melissa Rohde, a hydrologist who has spent years analyzing satellite data and water levels in wells to come up with strategies for preventing ecosystems from being left high and dry.

The Liberal Democrats said Mr Cleverly's Braintree constituency had benefited from £1.6m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and accused him of putting people there "high and dry... in a desperate plea for headlines".