milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry
idiom
informal
: to take or use up everything from (someone or something)
He married her for her money and then bled her dry.
She milked the system dry.
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His son stayed behind to fight the flames, though their communal water system, which fed 33 homes on the road, was about to bleed dry.
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Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
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“Milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%2Fbleed%2Fsuck%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20dry. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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