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be prodigal with

VERB

squander

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blow expend lavish misuse waste

STRONG

consume dissipate frivol misspend scatter spend trifle

WEAK

be wasteful cash out frivol away go through prodigalize put out run through spend like water spring for throw away throw money around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hoard save

STRONG

accumulate collect gather

WEAK

set aside

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For once, he could afford to be prodigal with the steam, and while it lasted there could be no mistaking the fact that here was a steamer in dire distress.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

It is cheap to be prodigal with other men's belongings.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

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