The creeps tried to bleed me white.
•Richard got a picture of Fred and Joan together and tried to bleed both of them dry by threatening to show it to their spouses.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
bleed someone white — AND bleed someone dry tv. to take all of someone’s money; to extort money from someone. (See also bleed.) □ The creeps tried to bleed me white. □ Frank got some picture of Fred and Paul together and tried to bleed both of them dry … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bleed someone dry — Go to bleed someone white … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bleed someone dry — (or white) drain someone of all money or resources the railroads claimed that personnel costs were bleeding them dry … Useful english dictionary
bleed someone/something white — drain someone or something of wealth or resources … Useful english dictionary
bleed someone/thing white — drain of wealth or resources. → white … English new terms dictionary
white — [[t](h)wa͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ whiter, whitest, whites 1) COLOUR Something that is white is the colour of snow or milk. to bleed someone white → see bleed He had nice square white teeth... Issa s white beach hat gleamed in the harsh lights … English dictionary
bleed white — verb To cause someone hardship by cutting all their supplies off. Besieging the castle will bleed it white and force it to surrender … Wiktionary
white — adjective 1》 of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light. ↘very pale. ↘Brit. (of coffee or tea) served with milk. ↘(of food such as bread or rice) light in colour through having been refined … English new terms dictionary
bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… … Financial and business terms
bleed past tense and past participle bled — verb 1 BLOOD a) (I) to lose blood, especially because of an injury: Your nose is bleeding. | bleed profusely (=bleed a lot): Marc lay on the ground, bleeding profusely. b) (T) to take some blood from someone s body in order to treat a disease 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
