fiddle away

to use up carelessly <fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet> Synonyms blow, dissipate, waste, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)Related Words splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay outNear Antonyms economize, scrimp, skimp; preserve, protect, save; hoard, lay upAntonyms conserve