take a bath
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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
"I needed to take a bath every time. My dad would even sprinkle some water over my camera before taking it inside the studio."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
If you have to sell too early, you can take a bath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
“Hooey! Lobster boy! That where you take a bath, that dirty old creek?!”
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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