bleed white

English

Verb

bleed white (third-person singular simple present bleeds white, present participle bleeding white, simple past and past participle bled white)

1. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To cause someone hardship by cutting all their supplies off.

   Besieging the castle will bleed it white and force it to surrender.

Translations

cause hardship by cutting supplies off

• French: saigner à blanc (fr)

• German: ausbluten (de)