take a bath

Verb

 * 1) To bathe.
 * She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime.
 * 1)  To lose a large amount of money in an investment.
 * Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt.
 * 1) * 1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, |taking|took+a+bath%22+money&hl=en&ei=vYCcTZCHJY2lcfvh4eUF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=38&ved=0COgBEOgBMCU#v=onepage&q=%22take|taking|took%20a%20bath%22%20money&f=false page 74,
 * In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.
 * In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.