fiddle away

verb

Definition of fiddle awaynext
as in to spend
to use up carelessly fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddle away
  1. spend
  2. throw away
  3. run through
  4. lose
Verb
  • Presley’s current win has spent quite a bit more time on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart than his recent holiday favorite, though.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Travis Scott’s Utopia spent its first four weeks at No. 1 in 2023.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of spend
Verb
  • While a relatively small portion of what goes to the landfill, textiles cost California taxpayers more than $70 million just to throw away.
    Lewis Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The stunt resulted in the restaurant having to throw away pounds of sandwich fixings out of concern they were contaminated, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in an affidavit.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • The annual enrollment window for eligible individuals to select a Medicare Advantage or Prescription Drug Plan began Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7.
    John Littig, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Basically, Penn State’s offense (and sometimes its special teams) runs through its tight end.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of run through
Verb
  • Moss and Freeman sued Giuliani — a former New York City mayor and a supporter of Donald Trump — for defamation for falsely accusing them of committing election fraud in connection with the 2020 election that Trump lost to Joe Biden.
    Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Democracy is in recession in all quarters of the globe, including in the West, where political centrism has been steadily losing ground to illiberal populism.
    Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of lose
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Thesaurus Entries Near fiddle away

fiddle (around)

fiddle away

fiddled

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