Meaning
•to not be used
•to squander or miss an opportunity
Examples
When the Native American Indians killed a buffalo absolutely nothing went to waste.
Our new apartment has a small refrigerator so now we can’t buy many groceries and nothing goes to waste.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘go to waste’ mean?
The idiom ‘go to waste’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘go to waste’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘go to waste’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.