fritter away

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to waste money, time, or another resource on unimportant things

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   fritter something away / fritter away something

   Usage: A noun object may follow away or come between the verb and particle. Put a personal pronoun between them: fritter it away.

   He frittered away his savings on gadgets he never used.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   He frittered away his savings on gadgets he never used.

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