throw away

Idioms  

1. Also, . Dispose of, discard, as in This coat is too good to throw away , or Did you throw out the rest of the milk? or She tossed out all his old letters . [First half of 1500s]

2. Waste, fail to use, as in She's thrown away her inheritance on all kinds of foolish enterprises , or He's thrown away his chances for an engineering job . [Mid-1600s]

3. Also, throw out . Utter or perform in an offhand, seemingly careless way, as in He threw away the news that their summer cottage had been broken into , or She threw out some suggestions for changing the bylaws . [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Ridley's Little Hut started during Covid, when the farm was throwing away milk, so it allowed people to come in, buy produce and leave without any close contact.

From BBC

"We're going to use common sense, we're not going to throw away a drivers' championship over a fifth and sixth place or whatever if one of the drivers does not have the opportunity."

From BBC

“When does the spigot stop? When do we stop throwing away money?” asked Burgess, who wants to see subsidies shrink.

From Salon

It was a costly decision that sacrificed track position to Verstappen in the final stages and in hindsight threw away the race win for Piastri.

From BBC

“If you throw away food, you’re literally throwing away your money.”

From The Wall Street Journal