saddle somebody with something
- saddle somebody with something
ˈsaddle sb/yourself with sth derived
often passive to give sb/yourself an unpleasant responsibility, task, debt, etc
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I've been saddled with organizing the conference.
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The company was saddled with debts of £12 million.
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