make a hole in (something)

To take, use up, or deplete a large amount of money available in something, such as a budget, one's wallet, etc. The cost of repairing the car is really going to make a hole in our savings. Tammy's private piano lessons are making a hole in my wallet!

make a hole in

see under pick apart.

See also: hole, make

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

See also:

make a hole in
lighten (one's) wallet
beyond (one's) means
beyond means
beyond one's means
cop (something) from (someone or something)
cop from
sail through
sail through (something)
sail through something

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