saddle sb with sth
informal— phrasal verb with saddle uk/ˈsæd.əl/us/ˈsæd.əl/verb [ T ]
C2 to give someone a responsibility or problem that they do not want and that will cause them a lot of work or difficulty:
The company is saddled with debt.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer for sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- brother
- commitment
- fail
- have sth on your hands idiom
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- portfolio
- responsibility
- responsible
- risk
- social contract
- stick
- stick sb with sth
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