bleed dry

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bleed dry

verb bleeds dry · bleeding dry · bled dry

transitive To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off. Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.
figuratively, informal, transitive To take all of someone's money or resources; to bleed white.

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verb to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off

Deutsch	ausbluten lassen
Русский	обескро́вить obeskróvitʹ, обескро́вливать obeskróvlivatʹ

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@misc{bleed_dry_2026,
  title = {bleed dry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleed%20dry},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}