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early bath
n. (context idiomatic euphemistic English) Being shown a red card in soccer.
Usage examples of "early bath".
Going down to the beach for an early bath in the sea, I found the pair encamped by their canoe, with a sucking pig roasting on the coals near by.
Not only is it my power that's keeping Trelane under wraps in the somewhat pathetic quarters you generously assigned, but it was I who held him in check after Guinan decided to give him an early bath time.