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 So you're telling me that we squandered half a million dollars on a new infrastructure that is already outdated?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.
- 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