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spit into the wind

spit into the wind is the alternative form of piss in the wind.

Meaning of piss in the wind

Verb

piss in the wind (third-person singular simple present pisses in the wind, present participle pissing in the wind, simple past and past participle pissed in the wind)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, vulgar) To waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.
    • You can make a complaint if you like, but you'll just be pissing in the wind.

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Questions about spit into the wind

What is spit into the wind the alternative form of?
Spit into the wind is the alternative form of piss in the wind.

Words near spit into the wind in the dictionary

  1. spit hood
  2. spit hoods
  3. spit in someone's face
  4. spit in the ocean
  5. spit in the wind
  6. spit into the wind
  7. spit it out
  8. spit jack
  9. spit jacks
  10. spit mask
  11. spit masks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spit into the wind (page history and authors); piss in the wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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