Pour money down the drain phrase informal
To waste money
Other companies are seeing investment in his company as just pouring money down the drain.
She is pouring money down the drain on gambling.
The company poured money down the drain on failed campaigns this year.
The verb "pour" should be conjugated according to its tense.
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.