throw good money after bad

verb

To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

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Meanings

verbthrow good money after bad (third-person singular simple present throws good money after bad, present participle throwing good money after bad, simple past threw good money after bad, past participle thrown good money after bad)

present singular third person throws good money after bad · participle present throwing good money after bad · past threw good money after bad · participle past thrown good money after bad

  1. idiomaticTo waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

Translations

Finnish heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään
  • heittää hyvää rahaa huonon peräänTo waste money
German gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen
  • gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfenTo waste money
Norwegian Bokmål kaste gode penger etter dårlige
  • kaste gode penger etter dårligeTo waste money
Polish wyrzucać pieniądze w błoto, wyrzucić pieniądze w błoto
  • wyrzucać pieniądze w błotoTo waste money
  • wyrzucić pieniądze w błotoTo waste money
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APA

throw good money after bad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20good%20money%20after%20bad

MLA

“throw good money after bad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20good%20money%20after%20bad. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw good money after bad,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20good%20money%20after%20bad.

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