Word.ws English Dictionary

throw good money after bad

throw good money after bad verb: to waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

Verb

throw 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.

Forms of throw good money after bad

third-person singular presentthrows good money after bad
present participlethrowing good money after bad
pastthrew good money after bad
past participlethrown good money after bad

Questions about throw good money after bad

What does throw good money after bad mean?
Throw good money after bad means to waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.
What part of speech is throw good money after bad?
Throw good money after bad is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw good money after bad?
The past tense of throw good money after bad is threw good money after bad.

Words near throw good money after bad in the dictionary

  1. throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
  2. throw everything at the wall and see what sticks
  3. throw for a loop
  4. throw gas on the fire
  5. throw gasoline on the fire
  6. throw good money after bad
  7. throw hands
  8. throw in
  9. throw in at the deep end
  10. throw in one's hand
  11. throw in one's lot with

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: throw good money after bad (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-throw good money after bad.ogg.

Cite this entry: “throw good money after bad.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/throw_good_money_after_bad. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.