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in the bucket

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Short of money, or in debt (by a specified amount).

slang

Examples

“If you find⟳ that you are only $500 dollars in the bucket, don't think⟳ you will only need⟳ $500 dollars in cash, either.”
“She said once they won a thousand, but by then they were already thirty thousand in the bucket.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

in the buff in the can in the cards in the clear in the closet in the clouds

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