spend money like water in English

Forms: spends money like water [present, singular, third-person], spending money like water [participle, present], spent money like water [participle, past], spent money like water [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|spend<,,spent> money like water}} spend money like water (third-person singular simple present spends money like water, present participle spending money like water, simple past and past participle spent money like water)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spends money like water",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spending money like water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spent money like water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spent money like water",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely."
      ],
      "id": "en-spend_money_like_water-en-verb-4otxw~t6",
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        ],
        [
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          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "wisely",
          "wisely"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, simile) To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hand over fist"
        },
        {
          "word": "have money to burn"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spend money like there was no tomorrow"
        },
        {
          "word": "spend money like it's going out of fashion"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spend money like water"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spends money like water",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spending money like water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spent money like water",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spent money like water",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spend<,,spent> money like water"
      },
      "expansion": "spend money like water (third-person singular simple present spends money like water, present participle spending money like water, simple past and past participle spent money like water)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "hand over fist"
    },
    {
      "word": "have money to burn"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "money",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "wisely"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, simile) To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spend money like there was no tomorrow"
        },
        {
          "word": "spend money like it's going out of fashion"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spend money like water"
}

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"spend money like water" meaning in English

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Inflected forms