1) Drop a bundle 2) Have a financial setback 3) Lose big time 4) Send money down the drain 
To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment.
(1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is sai
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Take a bath is slang for to suffer a financial loss, to suffer a commercial setback.
slang for to suffer a financial loss, to suffer a commercial setback.