blow/make a hole in (something)

if something makes a hole in an amount of money, it takes a lot of that money to pay for it.

The trip made a hole in our savings, but it was worth it.

The new tax is likely to blow an enormous hole in our profits.

• less than
• less than something
• let alone
• let alone do something
• let be
• let bygones be bygones
• Let bygones be bygones.
• let down
• let fly
• let fly something
• let fly with
• let fly with something
• let go
• let go of
• let go of someone
• let go of something
• let hair down
• let have it
• let heart rule head
• let heart rule your head
• let her rip
• let in on
• take something by the throat
• take something for granted
• take something in good part