take a bath
Example Sentences
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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 she reported this to staff at Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital, she was told to take a bath.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
If you have to sell too early, you can take a bath.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
Then she sent him upstairs to take a bath, and sent George out to take Stuart’s clothes to the cleaner.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
