strand

strand (someone or something) on (something)

To cause someone or something to be stuck or trapped something from which they or it is unable to move or escape. Often used in passive constructions. Without gas, our car was totally stranded on the side of the road. The storm blew our boat off course and stranded us on a remote island.
See also: on, strand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

strand someone on something

to abandon someone on something from which there is no escape. The shipwreck stranded our little group on a deserted beach. We were stranded on the little island by a storm.
See also: on, strand
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • all right
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
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Four strand thinning treatments viz without thinning (T1)
where [l.sub.pt]--transfer length; 0--strand diameter; [delta]--strand draw-in at the free end of a prestressed concrete member; [f.sub.ck]--characteristic compressive strength of concrete at the time of prestress transfer; [f.sub.pk]--characteristic strand stress immediately before release; [E.sub.p]--modulus of elasticity of the prestressing strand.
These Vericom lines of stranded CMR speaker cable are very flexible, high-strand speaker wire that is constructed to withstand the stress of both residential and commercial distributed audio installations.
In his new role, Strand, who will be a part of the company's senior management, will be responsible for marketing communications and customer service.
DNA can be thought of as a double stranded helix that contains two strands of coded letters, and certain strands have a higher affinity to particular strands than others.
Conventional strand pelletizers are among the oldest types of pelletizers and are generally considered to be the simplest.
In a departure toward more daring and encompassing categorisations, Strand works to construct bridges of communication between the worlds of intimacy, activism, sociology, journalism and, most importantly, between art and humanity.
The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), is incredibly sensitive and efficient; one can produce millions of copies of a desired DNA molecule within a short period, even begins with only one strand of the sequence.