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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsaddle somebody with something phrasal verbRESPONSIBLEto make someone have a job or problem that is difficult or boring and that they do not want I’ve been saddled with organizing the whole party! Many farms were saddled with debts. → saddle→ See Verb table
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saddle with • He had nearly saddled himself with a desperate, thirty-one-year-old fan.• But, as we know from extensive research, experience can saddle individuals with a myopic view of their current circumstances.• His proposed tax cuts are warmed-over Reaganomics that could saddle our children with an ever-increasing national debt.• Low-ranking females will have young of whatever gender leaves the troop in order not to saddle the young with low rank.• Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.• Maxim shut the door behind them then fixed the loosened bolt saddle firmly with Superglue.• The Leader and the thin man were seated on a pile of saddles and saddle-bags with their backs against the wall.• They merely saddle the males with their own idiosyncratic tastes.
From Longman Business Dictionarysaddle somebody with something phrasal verb [transitive] to give someone a job that they do not want, or put them in a situation that is difficult for them to deal withToo many developing countries are still saddled with huge debts. → saddle→ See Verb table
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