keep someone or something hanging (in midair)
- keep someone or something hanging (in midair)
leave someone or something hanging (in midair) & keep someone or something hanging (in midair)
1. Lit. to keep someone or something suspended in midair when support for the person or thing is removed. •
The ladder collapsed and left me hanging in midair. Fortunately, I grabbed onto the windowsill.
2. Fig. to suspend dealing with someone or something; to leave someone or something waiting to be finished or continued. •
She left her sentence hanging in midair.
•
Tell me the rest of the story. Don't leave me hanging in midair.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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