take a bath on (something)

take a bath on (something)

To experience or accumulate a large financial loss on a transaction or investment. A lot of stores started stocking huge numbers of the gimmicky fad toy, but now they're taking a bath on it as public interest evaporates. Millions of the company's shareholders took a bath on their investment when the CEO resigned and its stock began plummeting.
See also: bath, on, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take a bath (on something)

tv. to have large financial losses on an investment. The broker warned me that I might take a bath if I bought this stuff.
See also: bath, on, something, take
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • take a bath on something
  • store up
  • stuffer
  • stocking stuffer
  • stocking-stuffer
  • rack something up
  • rack up
  • the going thing
  • arm up
  • reap (something) from (someone or something)