Usually means: Stuck with responsibility unexpectedly alone.
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  1. be left holding the baby: Collins English Dictionary
  2. be left holding the baby: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. be left holding the baby: Wiktionary
  4. be left holding the baby: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. be left holding the baby: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (be left holding the baby)

verb:  (idiomatic) To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

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