frit away

verb

To fritter away.

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Meanings

verbfrit away (third-person singular simple present frits away, present participle fritting away, simple past and past participle fritted away)

present singular third person frits away · participle present fritting away · participle past fritted away · past fritted away

  1. transitiveTo fritter away.

    Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock

    1888, Virgil, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane, The Aeneid
    2 more examples

    the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence

    1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram

    Most people think the International Set is made up of a group of wealthy party goers who frit away their time in Paris, St. Moritz and on the Riviera.

    1957, Art Buchwald, The Brave Coward
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