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throw the baby out with the bath water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
throw the baby out with- the -bath wa-ter
IPA
64
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Inflected Forms

throws the baby out with the bath water (present, singular) throwing the baby out with the bath water (participle, present) threw the baby out with the bath water (past) thrown the baby out with the bath water (participle, past)

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What does throw the baby out with the bath water mean?
Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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