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Synonyms

take a bath

Idioms  
  1. Experience serious financial loss, as in The company took a bath investing in that new product. This idiom, which originated in gambling, transfers washing oneself in a bathtub to being “cleaned out” financially. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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Ash pointed out that “gold often falls when equities take a bath to cover losing positions on a trading book.”

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

“It’s very difficult when you get up in the morning and you can’t take a bath, you can’t shower,” Mack Williams, 59, said as he picked up bottled water from a county distribution site.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2024

“When I would go take a bath, I would have to call my child to come in and sit next to me in the bath because I’m scared.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2023

When she reported this to staff at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital, she was told to take a bath.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2023

Grandpa and Uncle Stanley did have a working bathroom, so every weekend some of us went over to take a bath.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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