fritter sth away
disapproving— phrasal verb with fritter uk/ˈfrɪt.ər/us/ˈfrɪt̬.ɚ/verb
to waste money, time, or an opportunity:
If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it away.
She fritters so much money away on expensive make-up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wasting
- boondoggle
- dissipate
- down the drain idiom
- fritter
- gluttonous
- lose
- misspend
- prodigal
- profligate
- reinvent
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander
- throw
- toss
- wastage
- waste
- waste not, want not idiom
- wasted
- wasteful
- waster
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