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🩸 To lose blood 💸 To take money 🎨 To spread color 💧 To remove liquid
to bleed

to bleed

18 7.7
To take money repeatedly from someone in an unfair way
  • verb
  • /blid/
  • Informal
translation icon : exprimir
  • Washington is helping Wall Street bleed Main Street dry.
  • bleed someone dry

Blood Sucker fame fucker bleeding me dry like a God damn vampire.

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Examples

  • Their company is floundering, bleeding hundreds of millions each quarter.

    Blog text (22)

  • We hear about parents whose kids are bleeding them dry.

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • We are in this to bleed the Russians dry and just bleed their military dry.

    Danny Jones

  • The team is bleeding me dry.

    Mean Machine (2001)

  • I think they'll bleed you dry for every cent they can.

  • We are continuing this policy of bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy.

    Blog text (2)

  • And so they're bleeding cash like you wouldn't believe.

  • You've been scheming and bleeding me dry for over a year.

    Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970)

  • We're bleeding money here.

    This Is the Night (2021)

  • The contractor kept asking for extra payments, effectively trying to bleed us dry with hidden fees.

Synonyms

to wring
vsto bleed
24 7.4

Make someone give you something by using pressure or threats

takes money or possessions unfairly without using direct force or threats
to gouge
vsto bleed
  • NSFW
8 8.3

To get money unfairly from someone by forcing them to pay too much

takes money or possessions relentlessly without necessarily using force
to bleed dry
vsto bleed
  • Informal
1 7.3

Use up all a person's money or other resources

takes money or possessions repeatedly but not always to total depletion

Antonyms

to give
∞ 1.0

To hand something to someone, for example a present

to donate
457 2.7

Give money, things, or time to help a charity

Idioms

to heart bleed
  • Informal
1 7.6

To feel deep sadness and pity for someone who is suffering

to bleed red ink
  • Informal
7.8

To lose a lot of money over a long time

Phrasal Verbs

to bleed out
  • NSFW
51 7.7

To lose so much blood from an injury that you may die

to bleed money
  • Informal
2 7.7

To lose a lot of money over time

to bleed dry
  • Informal
1 7.3

Use up all a person's money or other resources

to bleed out
  • Jargon
1 8.5

To lose health while downed until you die unless other players revive you

to bleed white
  • Informal
8.9

To lose all energy or resources until nothing is left

How Exploited

to milk
  • Informal
40 7.8
to fleece
  • Informal
14 8.5
to bleed
  • Informal
18 7.7
to rip off
  • Informal
76 6.5
to overcharge
18 3.4
to charge
808 2.0

Surface Forms

bleed infinitive
bleeding present participle
bleeds third person singular
bled past
bled past participle

Etymology

To bleed someone for money uses a sharp image from blood: like taking a person's blood, it means taking their money until little or nothing is left. That's why to bleed someone can mean to get money in a harsh or unfair way.