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fritter away

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fritter away something
to waste money, time, or an opportunity. He was known to fritter away huge sums betting on the horses. I didn't do anything over vacation — I just frittered it away.
Usage notes: usually used to show disapproval
See also: away
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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
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