"throw out the baby with the bathwater" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws out the baby with the bathwater [present, singular, third-person], throwing out the baby with the bathwater [participle, present], threw out the baby with the bathwater [past], thrown out the baby with the bathwater [participle, past]
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  1. Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw the baby out with the bathwater
    Sense id: en-throw_out_the_baby_with_the_bathwater-en-verb-GKygoeAC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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