as in to spend
to use up carelessly
fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet
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Recent Examples of fiddle away
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddle away
Verb
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Some 650,000 visitors are expected to spend some time in the area over a month-long period.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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But in real life, the British actor doesn’t spend much time thinking about money.—
Nicolas Vega,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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According to the complaint, on Aug. 2 of last year, all women in housing unit 513 were detained in the cafeteria and officers began throwing away their belongings.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Mar. 2025
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The same atmosphere ran through Anfield’s halls in the 1980s and Old Trafford in the 1990s.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Cape Fear River, a 202-mile-long waterway, runs through some of North Carolina's largest urban centers before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Will cutting sustainability contribute to losing trust with employees, consumers, and communities?—
Paul Klein,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But the Spartans pushed the Terrapins well into the fourth quarter before losing 82-69.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Fiddle away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle%20away. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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