Daily life
go to waste
be wasted or unused
If something goes to waste, nobody uses it or benefits from it.
Hear it in real life
Are you going to finish that bread?
Yes, I hate letting good food go to waste.
I froze the extra soup so it wouldn't go to waste.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Don't let the food go in waste.
Say: Don't let the food go to waste.
The fixed preposition in this phrase is "to," not "in."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
something goes to waste; let something go to waste
Your turn: say it out loud
I froze the extra soup so it wouldn't go to waste.
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go to waste
be wasted or unused
“I froze the extra soup so it wouldn't go to waste.”
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