to saddle
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7.2
- verb
- /ˈsædəl/
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- Thus, this will saddle them with larger debt loads and exacerbate inequality in schools and society.
- saddled with debt
- countries saddled with debt
I don't want to saddle my kids or my wife or my family with having to sort through all the stuff.
- I don't want to saddle my kids or my wife or my family with having to sort through all the stuff.
- Adani was forced to decide whether to saddle his investors with immediate losses and jeopardize his long standing business relationships.
Examples
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All right, so children do frequently get saddled with adult nonsense.
Academic text (1998) -
No one will lend you that kind of money, and you'll be saddled with payments.
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I don't want to saddle my kids or my wife or my family with having to sort through all the stuff.
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I won't saddle you with Billy.
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Why should we be saddled with caring for them or the work of this farm?
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Like most new law graduates, I was poor and saddled with debt.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many first-generation students cannot handle academic requirements and drop out, saddled with debt.
Academic text (2016) -
Poor fellow," she said fondly, wishing, as she often did, that she hadn't saddled herself with Mr. Gordon.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's fifteen years older than me so when my parents died, I thought she would take care of me... but I guess she didn't want to be saddled with her little sister.
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I don't want to saddle my kids with the responsibility of managing the family finances.
Synonyms
195
8.3
To force someone to accept an unwanted task or bill
146
3.3
Give someone a responsibility or task
77
3.7
To give someone a heavy load or a difficult task
To weigh down with a heavy load or worry
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.8
High rounded front part of a Western saddle that riders use to hold a rope or grip
1
4.2
A thick cloth or pad placed under a saddle to protect a horse's back and soak up sweat
- Specialized
A saddle with a metal back and front used by soldiers on horseback without a horn
- Specialized
A type of horse from Kentucky known for a high-stepping walk used for shows and pleasure riding
- Specialized
A method that numbs the area that would touch a saddle by injecting medicine near the spine
- Specialized
A long narrow feather from a chicken's back used for making fishing flies or decoration
- Specialized
A cut of lamb with the backbone and meat on both sides, roasted as one piece
- Specialized
A line of sewing that uses visible thread along an edge, often in a different color
- Specialized
A sea animal with two thin shells, one side deeply notched, that clings to rocks
- Specialized
A slightly curved place to sit like a horse saddle that gives extra comfort
- Specialized
A seat for riding a horse with a high horn to hold a rope when working cows
How Burdensome
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saddle meaning to give someone a problem or heavy duty comes from the image of putting a heavy saddle or load on someone's back, so to 'saddle' someone with work or blame is to give them an unwanted burden.