squander (something) on (someone or something)

squander (something) on (someone or something)

To waste some resource by using it for the benefit of someone or something. I can't believe I squandered the best years of my life on you! So you're telling me that we squandered half a million dollars on a new infrastructure that is already outdated?
See also: on, squander
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

squander something on someone or something

to waste all of something on someone or something. I am tired of squandering money on this rickety old house. I squandered a fortune on Roger and what did it get me?
See also: on, squander
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • squander
  • squander on
  • go to waste
  • go/run to waste
  • expend (something) on (someone or something)
  • expend on
  • draw upon (someone or something)
  • starve (someone or something) of (something)
  • starve of
  • lay (something) waste