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Verb: take a bath
  1. Wash oneself in a bath
    "After a long day, she decided to take a bath to relax"
     
  2. [informal] Suffer a large financial loss, especially in investing or business
    "The company took a bath on that failed investment"

Derived forms: took a bath, taken a bath, takes a bath, taking a bath