throwthrow /θrəʊθroʊ/ verb (past tensepst threw /θruː/, past participlepp thrown /θrəʊnθroʊn/) [transitiveT]1throw money at to try to solve a problem by spending a lot of money, without really thinking about the problemThere is no point throwing money at the pollution problem.
2throw money away (also throw good money after bad British EnglishBrE), throw money down the drain British EnglishBrE, throw money down a rat hole American EnglishAmE to waste money by spending it on something that has already failedAs the project devoured more than £4 million, we began to wonder if we were throwing money down the drain.