simple past tense of throw the baby out with the bathwater

Alternative form of out of the frying pan, into the fire

(idiomatic) To take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position.

(idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

If you fail you will not be given a second chance.

(baseball) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium. / (idiomatic, by extension) To produce a spectacular achievement.

(idiomatic) To act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.

To avoid doing (something) by speaking to someone using (possibly false) logic and reasons.

(of a look or glance) Sideways, obliquely, askance / (of a look or glance) With suspicion.

(idiomatic) To react with extreme agitation.