overdraw the badger
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Meaning · English
To overdraw one's bank account.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] we remember once hearing a fast man suggest that they were evidently "nobs who had overdrawn the badger by driving fast cattle, and going it high" — the exact signification of which words we did not understand […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “overdraw the badger” mean?
To overdraw one's bank account.
Is “overdraw the badger” formal or informal?
overdraw the badger is generally slang.