to soak in the tub
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- phrasal verb
:
remojarse en la bañera
- I heard the fax machine as I soaked in the tub and sipped wine on top of medicine.
A good bathtub has like a slanting back so you can like lean back when you're soaking in the tub.
- A good bathtub has like a slanting back so you can like lean back when you're soaking in the tub.
Examples
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Jane, why don't I soak in the tub for a couple of days?
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I soak in the tub until the last of the water is swallowed by the drain.
Fiction book (1996) -
The guy's soaking in the tub.
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I'll go up and soak in the tub for a few minutes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Soak in the tub, and go to bed.
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After a long day at work, I like to soak in the tub to unwind and relax.
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On chilly evenings, nothing feels better than to soak in the tub with a warm bath.
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She decided to soak in the tub for an hour to relieve her stress and tension.
Synonyms
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To wash and relax in a tub of warm water
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To swim for pleasure in the sea or pool
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To get into warm water to clean yourself or relax
How Relaxing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to relax by immersing oneself in a bathtub' is directly and literally composed from 'soak' (to immerse and make wet) + 'in' (position) + 'the tub' (bathtub). This is a straightforward, compositional motion/location expression common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Soak in the tub comes from the simple image of sitting in warm water: to soak means to sit in liquid and a tub is a bathtub. Because warm water loosens muscles and helps you calm down, the phrase came to mean 'to relax by taking a bath'.