"waste yourself"

0Hi Pongy, 02br
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00Could we get a bit more context?02br
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00A mother may say her daughter is wasting herself on a boyfriend the mother considers undesirable.02br
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00A person in an unfulfilling job may feel he is wasthing himself on a job that's going no where.02br
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00How did you see it being used?0-

0Hi, I can't really recall where did I see it from, but I believe it was referring to the party/celebration moment. Something like "get wasted" or "waste yourself" in the party. I interpreted as enjoying yourself or drinking until drunk, but perhaps I was very wrong here. Because right now I'm trying to write a composition where "enjoying yourself" is involved, so I was wondering if I can use "w

0I don't think it's "waste yourself". I've never heard it that way.02br
00But I've heard "get wasted" to mean "get very drunk" or "get very high on drugs".02br
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0 My dictionary doesn't mention "waste oneself", but GG's interpretation is the way I would use its literal translation in Italian (=sprecarsi). Curious! I have no idea if that's ok in English, but "wasted" is definitely used to mean "drunk" or "stoned". 0-

Native English speaker from the American South here. I've always taken the phrase to mean suicide. As in, "He wasted himself." Might be a regional thing, but I dunno for sure.