"pour down the drain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pours down the drain [present, singular, third-person], pouring down the drain [participle, present], poured down the drain [participle, past], poured down the drain [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pour down the drain (third-person singular simple present pours down the drain, present participle pouring down the drain, simple past and past participle poured down the drain)
  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To waste prior work by subsequent bad decisions. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, transitive Translations (to waste prior work): wyrzucać w błoto [imperfective] (Polish), wyrzucić w błoto [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pour_down_the_drain-en-verb-uOKiPi1u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations

Inflected forms

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        "(derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To waste prior work by subsequent bad decisions."
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