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high and dry

adjective

Definition of high and dry

1 :being out of reach of the current or tide or out of the water

2 :being in a helpless or abandoned position

Examples of high and dry in a Sentence

the inadequate supplies of vaccine left many people high and dry when the flu season arrived

First Known Use of high and dry

1727

high and dry Synonyms

Synonyms

hamstrung, handcuffed, helpless, powerless, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, paralyzed, weak

Antonyms

mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong

Related Words

incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, useless; feeble, frail, infirm, passive, spineless, supine, unaggressive

Near Antonyms

able, capable, competent, effective, efficient; authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrannic); dominant, dynamic, energetic, forceful, robust, sturdy, tough, vigorous; important, major, significant; high-level, senior, top

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