Idiom
go to the well
Meaning
To draw on a resource or reserve that may be at risk of being exhausted.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had to go to the well one more time for money.”
“The writer had already used his best ideas, but he had to go to the well again to finish the book.”
“After years of relying on his dwindling savings, he found that he could no longer go to the well without facing total financial ruin.”
Examples
simple
“He had to go to the well one more time for money.”
contextual
“The writer had already used his best ideas, but he had to go to the well again to finish the book.”
complex
“After years of relying on his dwindling savings, he found that he could no longer go to the well without facing total financial ruin.”
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