gamble away

gamble (something) away

To lose or deplete the entirety of something through gambling. Please tell me you didn't gamble away our savings at the poker game tonight.
See also: away, gamble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gamble something away

to lose all of something by gambling. He gambled all his money away. He gambled away all his money.
See also: away, gamble
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • come away
  • draw away
  • do away with
  • do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
  • drag (someone or something) away
  • drag away
  • draw away from (someone or something)
  • drag (someone or something) away from (something)
  • are we away
  • Are we away?
References in periodicals archive
HIGH STAKES It's possible to gamble away PS18,000 an hour on fixed odds machines
MICHAEL CHOPRA: Blackpool striker had to hide in a pile of snow from gangsters who he claimed owed them money MATTHEW ETHERINGTON: On away trips with West Ham, would gamble away a week's wages (around PS20k) in the card school.
Three hours later I'd somehow managed to gamble away every single penny.
Does this mean that the government wants to gamble away the motive and wish of citizens who have emphasized in all conducted researches that the European integration processes are equalized with the fight for the territorial integrity?
They expect us t o p ay them wodges of cash so they can continue to gamble away our funds and t a x e s.
Ken worries Peter will gamble away Simon's inheritance.
"Nobody sets out in the morning planning to ruin their life and gamble away far more than they can afford, but it happens.
Fernando Alonso claims today's qualifying session is the most crucial of the whole season, but the world championship leader has vowed not to gamble away his Monaco Grand Prix chances.
The typical casino is surrounded by pawn shops, "paycheck loan" services, and other institutions devoted to impulsive liquidation of personal and family assets by gambling addicts who, unlike Bill Bennett, often gamble away their family's "milk money." The National Gambling Impact Study, commissioned by Congress in the mid-1990s, reported that the presence of a gambling facility within 50 miles roughly doubles the prevalence of pathological gamblers in the region.
But as desperately as the state needs additional money to avoid slashing important programs to the bone, increasing its gambling empire and tantalizing even more Oregonians to gamble away their rent, mortgage and food money isn't the answer.
TIM CAhIll wants Everton bosses to stick to their guns and not gamble away the club's future.
Benton Don't gamble away all of your money and see the whole of Paris.
LEE CARSLEY has warned Giovanni Trapattoni not to gamble away Ireland's World Cup hopes.
CORONATION Street's bumbling butcher Fred Elliot is set to gamble away his family butcher's shop.
Liverpool already has its fair share, and I am sure that, if you are the type of person who is inclined to gamble away your life savings, an increase in the number of casinos is not going to change that.