Take A Bath Meaning

Example : To bathe.  She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime.2009, Peter Sander, Jennifer Sander, 573 Ways to Save Money: Save the Cost of This Book Many Times Over in Less than a Day!, page 211,  Take a bath with fragrant herbs.  Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt.1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74,  In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.2009, John Burley, Money Secrets of the Rich: Learn the 7 Secrets to Financial Freedom, page 163,  The lenders took a bath because they had to honor fixed rate loans of 5 to 10% while borrowing money at 15 to 20% to fund them.2009, William J. O'Neil, How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, page 235,  The fastest way to take a bath in the stock market is to try to prove that you are right and the market is wrong.