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throw the baby out with the bath water

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throw the baby out with the bath water

to get rid of the good parts as well as the bad parts of something when you are trying to improve it. I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bath water. There are some good features of the present system that I think we should retain.

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throw on
throw on the scrap heap
throw on/upon mercy
throw open to
throw out
throw out the baby with the bath water

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throw the book at
throw to the dogs
throw to the wolves
throw together
throw up
throw up hands
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