"piss money up the wall" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-piss money up the wall.ogg [Australia] Forms: pisses money up the wall [present, singular, third-person], pissing money up the wall [participle, present], pissed money up the wall [participle, past], pissed money up the wall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} piss money up the wall (third-person singular simple present pisses money up the wall, present participle pissing money up the wall, simple past and past participle pissed money up the wall)
  1. (UK, idiomatic, vulgar) to waste money, normally through ineptness in business. Tags: UK, idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-piss_money_up_the_wall-en-verb-x-z8YPDE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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