footle away

verb

To waste (time).

“You've just footled away twenty minutes!”

Meanings

verbfootle away (third-person singular simple present footles away, present participle footling away, simple past and past participle footled away)

present singular third person footles away · participle present footling away · participle past footled away · past footled away

  1. colloquialtransitiveTo waste (time).

    You've just footled away twenty minutes!

    Synonyms: footle about

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo waste (time).

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Chicago

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