go to waste

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go to waste

[for something] to be wasted; to be unused (and therefore thrown away). Eat your potatoes! Don't let them go to waste. We shouldn't let all those nice herbs go to waste. Let's pick some before the first hard frost.

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If by living thus reserved and austere, like a hermit in the woods, so long, it has acquired such wonderful purity, who would not regret that the comparatively impure waters of Flint's Pond should be mingled with it, or itself should ever go to waste its sweetness in the ocean wave? Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context He and his Scotch wife and his Scotch children, the only respectable inhabitants of Queen's Crawley, were forced to migrate, with their goods and their chattels, and left the stately comfortable gardens to go to waste, and the flower-beds to run to seed. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			go to see a man about a dog go to seed go to show go to sleep go to the bathroom go to the bother go to the country go to the devil Go to the devil! go to the dogs go to the ends of the earth go to the expense go to the lavatory go to the limit go to the mat go to the polls go to the stake go to the toilet go to the top go to the trouble go to the wall go to town go to town on go to trial go to war go to waste go to work go together go too far go toward go under the knife go under the name of go under the wrecking ball go up against go up in flames go up in smoke go up the wall go well with go west go whole hog go wild go window-shopping go with go with a bang go with a swing go with gut go with the flow go with the tide go without go wrong go-getter			go to the lavatory go to the limit go to the limit go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the mat go to the polls go to the polls go to the stake go to the toilet GO TO THE TOP go to the trouble go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to the wall go to town go to town go to town go to town go to town go to town on Go To Traffic School go to trial go to war go to war go to war go to waste go to work go to wrack and ruin go to wrack and ruin go to wrack and ruin go to wrack and ruin go to wrack and ruin Go to your room! go together go together Go Together Number go together pay separate Go Too Far go toward go towards go towards go towards go towards Go Trial Reaction Time Go Ugly Early go under go under go under go under go under the hammer go under the hammer go under the hammer go under the hammer go under the hammer go under the knife go under the knife

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