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Meaning of in the bucket | Babel Free

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.

See also

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