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make a bad investment

VERB
lose one's shirt


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"If they make a bad investment choice and they end up facing removal, it's disastrous," said Gibson.

From Reuters Dec. 22, 2010

He had begun to wonder if it was not just as easy for a fellow to make a bad investment of his brains and muscles as it was with his money.

From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby




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