take a bath
idiomatic phrase
informal
: to suffer a heavy financial loss
take a bath on an investment
ESPN also is expected to take a bath in the first year of its new, four-year, $450 million NFL football package … . Combined baseball and NFL losses may eat up as much as $60 million this year alone.—
John Steinbreder
John SteinbrederApollo Global Management and TPG, the two private equity giants in the 2008 leveraged buyout of Caesars, took a bath on the company before exiting the investment several months ago.—Christopher Palmeri
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Switch to less stimulating activities without screens, like reading or taking a bath.
—Ankur Bindal, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
As someone takes a bath, or fills a pool, or opens a hydrant, gravity draws the water down from the tanks.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Shares also took a bath on Monday, tanking more than 16% as bitcoin fell.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
One man testified that his teenage daughter, who had epilepsy, died while taking a bath and that his grief was compounded by knowing investigators possessed photographs taken in her death investigation.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ankur Bindal, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
As someone takes a bath, or fills a pool, or opens a hydrant, gravity draws the water down from the tanks.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Shares also took a bath on Monday, tanking more than 16% as bitcoin fell.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
One man testified that his teenage daughter, who had epilepsy, died while taking a bath and that his grief was compounded by knowing investigators possessed photographs taken in her death investigation.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for take a bath
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“Take a bath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20a%20bath. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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