Drop
Drop verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: I dropped $50 on these shoes
Waste
Waste verb - Spend extravagantly.
Usage example: waste not, want not
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good drop | good waste |
| long | long drop | long waste |
| massive | massive drop | massive waste |
| big | big drop | big waste |
| Other adjectives: enormous, huge, deadly, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Worst of all, silverfish drop no loot at all, making them a waste of time to fight.
Source: Demonic Spiders / Sandbox Games - He inexplicably survives (Piccolo suggests Cell didn't want to waste a single drop of energy when he was about to fight Goku).
Source: Not Worth Killing -
You can be forgiven for not expecting a giant sand Griffon to drop down and begin laying waste to you.
Cite this Source
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