go to waste
IdiomsExample Sentences
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“Duane! We’ve dragged a very heavy toboggan all the way from the Shipwreck, and I’ve come up, on my own, with the most brilliant idea for an adventure. Please do not tell me that you intend to let these great efforts all go to waste! Hmm, Duane? You’re not telling me that, are you?”
From Literature
“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.
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