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Saddle (Verb)

Load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Put a saddle on; "saddle the horses".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The new manager decided to saddle John with the task of organizing the annual company meeting.
She was saddled with the responsibility of training the new interns all by herself.
The team leader saddled him with a number of projects that needed to be completed by the end of the quarter.
The company saddled employees with higher premiums after switching to a new insurance provider.
The city council saddled local businesses with a steep tax increase in an effort to raise revenue.