take+a+bath
11take a bath — bathe, wash oneself in the bath; (Slang) suffer a financial loss …
12take a bath — to suffer a heavy financial loss Your boat is capsized: His old man took a bath in real estate about ten years ago, got in the shower, and emptied his brains out with a .45. (Diehl, 1978) …
13take a bath — come to financial ruin She took a bath on the stock market last year and is afraid to invest in stocks now …
14take a bath — informal suffer a heavy financial loss. → bath …
15take a bath (to) — Suffer a financial loss. See also TAKE A BEATING …
16take a bath — phrasal to suffer a heavy financial loss …
17take a bath — vb to suffer a financial loss or commercial setback. A piece of business jargon that has become fairly widespread. The image evoked seems to be of a drench ing rather than just washing …
18take a bath — idi inf Informal. to suffer a large financial loss …
19bath — [bɑːθ ǁ bæθ] noun take a bath informal to lose a lot of money when buying or selling something: • CBS took a bath estimated at $275 million on the baseball television coverage deal. * * * bath UK US /bɑːθ/ noun ● take a bath Cf …
20bath — ► NOUN 1) a large tub that is filled with water for immersing and washing one s body. 2) an act of washing in a bath. 3) (also baths) a building containing a public swimming pool or washing facilities. 4) a container holding a liquid in which an… …
