bleed dry
1bleed dry — If you bleed someone dry, you extract all their available money from them …
2bleed dry — bleed (someone/something) dry to use up everything someone or something has available. The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I m worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry. Etymology: based on the… …
3bleed dry — bleed (someone) dry to take someone s money until most or all of it has gone. Repayments on the new furniture were bleeding me dry …
4bleed dry — verb a) Of a slaughtered animal, to wait until all its blood has drained off. Slaugthered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering. b) To bleed white …
5bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… …
6bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ …
7bleed someone dry — bleed (someone/something) dry to use up everything someone or something has available. The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I m worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry. Etymology: based on the… …
8bleed something dry — bleed (someone/something) dry to use up everything someone or something has available. The city is losing money at a rate that eventually will bleed it dry. I m worried that the medical bills will bleed my parents dry. Etymology: based on the… …
9bleed — [ blid ] (past tense and past participle bled [ bled ] ) verb * ▸ 1 when blood flows out ▸ 2 when color spreads ▸ 3 make someone pay money ▸ 4 take liquid/gas from something ▸ 5 take blood from someone 1. ) intransitive to have blood flowing from …
10bleed sb dry — bleed sb/sth dry ► DISAPPROVING to take all or most of the money of a person, organization, country, etc.: »Unfair trade bleeds countries dry through repayments of national debts. Main Entry: ↑bleed …
