How to pronounce “high and dry”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.
• (idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
• (derogatory, idiomatic) Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry" and austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" Broad Church.
• (US, idiomatic, slang, of a sandwich) With no condiments.

Practice Nearby Words

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