fritter away

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fritter something away (on someone or something)

to waste something, such as money, on someone or something, foolishly. Did you fritter good money away on that old car? You frittered away one hundred dollars on that piece of junk?

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He was unaware of her gaze, and she watched him intently, speculating fancifully about the strange warp of soul that led him, a young man with signal powers, to fritter away his time on the writing of stories and poems foredoomed to mediocrity and failure. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context Don't fritter away the little strength you have left. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context "There is little need," said the monk, with a meaning look, "to fritter away the time in gewgaws which shall raise up the pale ghosts of hopes of early years. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context			fresh out fresh out of fresh start freshen up fret fret about Fret not! friend friend in need is a friend indeed friend or foe friends in high places friends with friendship frighten frighten away frighten into frighten into doing frighten one out of wits frighten out of wits frighten the daylights out of frighten the hell out of frighten the life out of frighten to death frightened to death fringe fritter away fritz frog from all corners of the world from coast to coast from dawn to dusk from day one from day to day from door to door from far and near from giddy-up to whoa from git-go from hand to hand from head to toe from hell from hell to breakfast from here on from here till next Tuesday from hunger from Missouri from my perspective from of the top drawer from on high from one moment to the next from overseas from pillar to post			Fritillarias Fritillarias Fritillarias fritillaries fritillaries fritillaries fritillary fritillary fritillary Fritinancy Fritjof Nansen Fritjof Nansen Frito Lay North America Frito-Lay frits frits frits frits Frits (Frederik) Zernike Frits Bayens Big Band Frits Warmolt Went Frits Zernike Fritsis Rokpelnis frittata frittatas fritted fritted fritted fritter fritter fritter away fritter batter Fritter Thursday frittered frittering fritters fritterware fritting fritting fritting fritz fritz Fritz Albert Lipmann Fritz Albert Lipmann Fritz Albert Lipmann Fritz Behrens Fritz Chrysler Fritz Chrysler Fritz Cremer Fritz Fischer Fritz Graebner Fritz Haber Fritz Haber Fritz Haber Institut Fritz Heckert Fritz Jensen Fritz Karinthy Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kriesler Fritz Kriesler

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