bathwater

American

[bath-waw-ter, -wot-er, bahth-] / ˈbæθˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər, ˈbɑθ- /

noun

water for bathing: bath: bathe.

He ran the bathwater while he shaved.

idioms

throw out the baby with the bathwater, to eliminate or reject the good along with the bad.

Etymology

Origin of bathwater

First recorded in 1910–15; bath ¹ + water

Example Sentences

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Investors, for now, are throwing the babies out with the bathwater.

From Barron's

“There is a large opportunity we think when you have a ‘baby with the bathwater’ situation.”

From Barron's

Plenty of babies are being thrown out with the bathwater, it would seem.

From MarketWatch

Shopify’s stock is still down 22% so far this year, which Morton sees as a sign that “the market has thrown out the baby with the bathwater.”

From MarketWatch

“There’s certainly a ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater’ effect,” said Ross Mayfield, Baird investment strategist.

From The Wall Street Journal

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