gamble away

phrasal verb

gambled away; gambling away; gambles away

: to lose (something, such as money) by gambling

She gambled away her inheritance.

gambling the city's future away

Examples of gamble away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both Fu and Ma worried publicly that TSMC - and Taiwan's government, which owns the largest stake in the company - could end up gambling away that advantage. —Ashish Valentine, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025

Angela Craig had complained to her sister that her husband had recently gambled away more than $2,000 on a trip to Las Vegas. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024

Meanwhile, it was revealed that Zac was gambling away his anxieties, a practice looked down upon in the Church. —Henry Chandonnet, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024

To do that, Matty reinvents herself as an older lawyer whose dead no-good husband gambled away their money, forcing her to dust off her law degree to support herself and her teen grandson. —Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

One of his fellow temporary cellmates is in trouble for gambling away millions in government energy contracts, so Dwight calmly gives the guy advice in advance of a likely multiple-year sentence. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Sep. 2024

And over the years, the free-spirited golfer has made headlines for everything from allegedly gambling away about $55 million to setting up a college fund with his winnings from the 1991 PGA Championship for the daughters of a spectator struck dead by lightning at the event. —Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024

Instead, Buckle is accused of gambling away a fortune at Las Vegas casinos, according to KLAS-TV, citing records obtained from the Nevada Secretary of State's office. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024

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