trifle away

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   trifle something away / trifle away something

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

   He refused to trifle away his inheritance on expensive parties.

   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 refused to trifle away his inheritance on expensive parties.

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