Meaning of take a bath | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To bathe.
2. To lose a large amount of money in an investment.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“She told the children to take⟳ a bath and wash⟳ off the mud and grime.”

“Take⟳ a bath with fragrant herbs.”

“Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt.”

“1983 December, ‘Look⟳ before you leap⟳ into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74, In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take⟳ a bath.”

“The lenders took a bath because they had to honor fixed rate loans of 5 to 10% while borrowing money at 15 to 20% to fund them.”

“The fastest way to take⟳ a bath in the stock⟳ market is to try⟳ to prove⟳ that you are right and the market is wrong.”

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