saddle with

phrasal verb

saddled with; saddling with; saddles with

: to cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.)

His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.

My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.

—often used as (be) saddled with

The company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.

She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.

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This is a team still saddled with a historically bad power play, now operating under 11 percent. —

Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 Betting on the wrong horse could leave you saddled with unnecessary costs and inefficiencies, but sitting on the sidelines is just as dangerous. —

Patrick Reynolds, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Denis Leary stars as a hard-nosed military man saddled with a ragtag bunch of lazy soldiers in Fox‘s Going Dutch — but did the new comedy earn a salute from you? —

Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Jan. 2025 The Aggies still aren't good on offense, and they're already saddled with a loss to Notre Dame. —

Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for saddle with