go to waste
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“Maybe he’s like a double agent, and he’s pretending to launder money for some terrorists, but really he’s reporting everything to the government. And maybe if you call this number and blow his cover, like, five years of secret-agent work will go to waste, and they’ll have to start all over again. And it will all be your fault.”
From Literature
According to Fareshare's data, around 270,000 tonnes of edible food can go to waste each year.
From BBC
Plaintiff attorneys never let a cultural problem go to waste.
If the Bills acted drastically, it was because of a lingering fear that they were letting Allen’s prime years go to waste.
It was her second favorite subject, besides how smart Alice was, and how pretty, and how talented, and how it would all go to waste if Gladys Herdman bit her to death.
From Literature
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