gamble away

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

Everett gambled away his severance. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026

His dad worked factory jobs to make ends meet but drank and gambled away most of his paycheck. — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Boomers are a frequent Groyper target, lambasted as avatars of a bumbling, aging affluence that gambled away social stability for cultural decline. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

But in 1945, things got even more interesting when then owner, Hank Frey, gambled away the place in a dice game with local rancher Gene Wade. — Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026

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