Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, idiomatic, often, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the phrase throw the baby out with the bathwater.
