hang out to dry
leave someone holding the bag
leave someone in the lurch
leave someone holding the baby
walk out on
leave someone high and dry
give up
take away
bug out
let someone go
drive away
hand someone his hat
leave for dead
cart away
sweep out
abandon ship
shake off
bereave
disconnect
send about one's business
bail out on
let someone down gently
dob in
desolate
strand
send away
desert
dismiss
usher out
borrow
eject
seclude
wear off
send to Coventry
miss
keep up with
distance
banish
uproot
broom
leave someone out in the cold
sell out
forsake
abandon
evacuate
back out
take one for the team
give the elbow
take the wind out of someone's sails
push out
send someone to the showers
relieve
eat one's young
stop
ditch