bathwater

[ bath-waw-ter, -wot-er, bahth- ]

/ ˈbæθˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər, ˈbɑθ- /

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noun

water for bathing: He ran the bathwater while he shaved.

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Idioms about bathwater

throw out the baby with the bathwater, to eliminate or reject the good along with the bad.

Origin of bathwater

First recorded in 1910–15; bath¹ + water

Words nearby bathwater

bathtub gin, bathtub race, Bathurst, Bathurst burr, Bathurst Island, bathwater, bathy-, bathyal, bathylimnetic, bathymetry, bathypelagic

How to use bathwater in a sentence

“We didn’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, regardless of how dirty it might be,” says Caldwell Pinckney, a Berkeley County councilman.
Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, But There's a Catch|Alana Semuels|August 4, 2021|Time
However, this doesn’t mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater, it just means we might benefit from thinking of keywords more as topics or categories than intent-revealing silver bullets.
Google released a new algorithm update, it’s not a core update, it’s a product review update; Friday’s daily brief|Barry Schwartz|April 9, 2021|Search Engine Land
So, we can say you don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but there’s a clear problem that everyone should acknowledge, and we shouldn’t pretend like there’s not a meaningful problem and pattern.
Full Transcript: Tomi Lahren on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 31, 2020|Ozy
The first, suggested by the states and business interests challenging the law, takes the baby-with-the-bathwater approach.
Supreme Court Considers Whether to Throw Out Entire Health-Care Law|Ben Jacobs|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Will there be some babies thrown out with the bathwater, if you will?
Don't Count Out Moderate Republicans Yet|Samuel P. Jacobs|September 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It's also amazing that this dressed-up baby is getting thrown out with its bergamot-scented bathwater.
Why We Despise Sex and the City|Choire Sicha|May 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
You're never going to be sick in this bit of bathwater, Miss Twinkler?
Christopher and Columbus|Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim