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fritter away
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | fritter away - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"fool away, fritter, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shootware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" |
fritter awayverb squander, waste, run through, dissipate, misspend, idle away, fool away, spend like water I fritter my time away at coffee mornings.fritter awayverbTo spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:consume, dissipate, fool away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.Slang: blow.Translationsverplempernsprecare [denaro]fritter away
fritter awayTo waste or squander something, often in small increments. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fritter" and "away." If you keep frittering away your savings on sales at the mall, you'll be broke again in no time.See also: awayfritter 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?See also: awayfritter awaySquander or waste little by little; wear down gradually. For example, She frittered away her salary on odds and ends and saved nothing. This expression was first recorded in Alexander Pope's Dunciad (1728): "How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away." See also: awayfritter awayv. To gradually use something up, especially wastefully or without serious purpose: They frittered away their inheritance. I frittered my lottery winnings away on bad investments. I frittered away my vacation time watching television.See also: awayfritter awayGradually waste or wear down. This seemingly rustic expression was used by Alexander Pope in The Dunciad (1728), in which he lampooned all his literary enemies: “How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter’d quite away.”See also: awayfritter away
Synonyms for fritter awayverb squanderSynonyms- squander
- waste
- run through
- dissipate
- misspend
- idle away
- fool away
- spend like water
Synonyms for fritter awayverb to spend (money) excessively and usually foolishlySynonyms- consume
- dissipate
- fool away
- riot away
- squander
- throw away
- trifle away
- waste
- blow
Synonyms for fritter awayverb spend frivolously and unwiselySynonyms- fool away
- fritter
- frivol away
- fool
- dissipate
- shoot
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