saddle yourself with something

saddle yourself with something
ˈsaddle sb/yourself with sth derived
often passive to give sb/yourself an unpleasant responsibility, task, debt, etc

I've been saddled with organizing the conference.

The company was saddled with debts of £12 million.

Main entry:saddlederived

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