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throw out the baby with the bathwater

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bath⋅wa⋅ter

[bath-waw-ter, -wot-er, bahth-]
–noun
1. water for bathing: He ran the bathwater while he shaved.
2. throw out the baby with the bathwater, to eliminate or reject the good along with the bad.

Origin:
1910–15; bath 1 + water
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