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
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Sports Afterward, the Bills quietly receded from playoff contention and spent years in the football wilderness with 10 different head coaches and 20 starting quarterbacks.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Sunseri was a fifth-round pick by the New Orleans Saints in ’14 and spent time playing for the Patriots and San Francisco 49ers before following in his father’s footsteps.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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The agency urged consumers not to eat the affected broccoli and to throw away immediately.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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Police have thrown away her belongings countless times in the decade she’s been on Sacramento’s streets, the most recent of which on Veteran’s Day.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The North American trek kicks off in Oklahoma City on March 5 and will run through Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Las Vegas, Oakland and wrap up with a hometown show in Memphis.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
4 Feb. 2025
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Opens Wednesday and runs through March 2. 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Goldsmith, the lead vocalist, lost his home studio and band equipment to the Eaton fire; whereas his brother Griffin, the band’s drummer, and Wylie Gelber, former bassist, lost their homes in Altadena, California.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Zags lost to Kentucky, Connecticut and UCLA by a grand total of 10 points.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Fiddle away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle%20away. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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