To go through rehab in order to stop a drug or alcoholaddiction. See also clean up, gone straight.
Nah, I don’t want any of that. I’ve done the clean up and the dry out, gone straight, and now I’ve got my whole life ahead of me. I’m strong, and I don’t need that shit no more.
When you've been left alone to face a situation - especially a dangerous or unpleasant situation - the people who just abandoned you have hung you out to dry. Also known as "Hung Up to Dry."
1. Right before the company went bankrupt, the CEO sold all of his stock, thereby leaving everyone else there hung out to dry.
To make an appointment or plans with someone and then at the last minute make excuses or plans with someone else or blow them off.
Ms. Levesque called me and were set to meet this weekend. But I got another call just today and now she is not feeling well after partying all night. That bitchleft me hanging out to dry again!