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(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity. / (idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.

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pound sand

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pound sand

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity. / (idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.

Japanese Meaning

無駄なことに取り組む、無駄な作業をする / 立ち去る、消え失せる、くたばる

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Don't ask me to pound sand for someone who refuses to help themselves.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

自分で助けようとしない人のために、私に無駄なことをさせないでください。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity.

[…] Without men on the ground, we'll be pounding sand."

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Sense（2）

(idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.

The price to us was going to be $3 million, and we had four months to pay before the Licensing 6.0 deadline. We told Microsoft to go pound sand.

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pounds sand

（ present singular third-person ）

pounding sand

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pounded sand

（ participle past ）

pounded sand

（ past ）

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