"spend money like water" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spend money like water.wav 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]
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)
  1. (informal, simile) To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely. Tags: informal Synonyms: spend money like there was no tomorrow, spend money like it's going out of fashion Related terms: hand over fist, have money to burn
    Sense id: en-spend_money_like_water-en-verb-4otxw~t6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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