throw money away

English

Alternative forms

• throw money around

Pronunciation

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Verb

throw money away (third-person singular simple present throws money away, present participle throwing money away, simple past threw money away, past participle thrown money away)

1. (idiomatic) To spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.

   The young boy liked to throw money away at the video arcade and candy store.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: geld over de balk gooien, geld over de balk smijten
• Finnish: heittää rahaa hukkaan
• French: jeter l’argent par les fenêtres (fr)
• German: das Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfen (de)
• Italian: buttare i soldi dalla finestra
• Korean: 돈을 날리다 (don-eul nallida, literally “to make money fly”)
• Polish: wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto (pl) impf, wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto pf

See also

• throw good money after bad