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