piss away

verb

To spend wastefully.

“You can't keep pissing away your money like this!”

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fritter awaysquanderwaste
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Meanings

verbpiss away (third-person singular simple present pisses away, present participle pissing away, simple past and past participle pissed away)

present singular third person pisses away · participle present pissing away · participle past pissed away · past pissed away

  1. idiomaticslangtransitivevulgarTo spend wastefully.

    You can't keep pissing away your money like this!

    2 more examples

    I pissed away four years of my life in university and didn't graduate.

    The old mayor pissed millions of dollars away on stuff nobody wanted.

    Synonyms: fritter away, squander, waste

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo spend wastefully.

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fritter awaysquanderwaste
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fritter awaywaste time

Origin

Compare typologically Russian просра́ть (prosrátʹ).

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APA

piss away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piss%20away

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“piss away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piss%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piss away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piss%20away.

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