Dictionary of American idioms

ABANDON SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

abandon someone or something to someone or something: translation

abandonsomeone or somethingtosomeone or something
to leave a person, living creature, or thing to the care of someone or something; to give up someone or something to someone or something. (Usually with the thought that the abandoned person or thing will not receive the best of care.) •

They had to abandon the dogs to the storm.