waste away
phrasal verb
wasted away; wasting away; wastes away
: to become thinner and weaker because of illness or lack of food
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Others plow my street and take human waste away.
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Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
On the West Coast, San Francisco and Los Angeles are diverting about 80% of their waste away from landfills.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The trailer brings us the bored Adam Glenn (aka Prince Adam/He-Man — played by Nicholas Galitzine) wasting away in his corporate America cubicle.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
People imagine everyone on a GLP-1 is starving themselves, wasting away, or too sick from side effects to eat…and that’s simply not true.
—Self Staff, SELF, 9 Jan. 2026
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Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
On the West Coast, San Francisco and Los Angeles are diverting about 80% of their waste away from landfills.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The trailer brings us the bored Adam Glenn (aka Prince Adam/He-Man — played by Nicholas Galitzine) wasting away in his corporate America cubicle.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
People imagine everyone on a GLP-1 is starving themselves, wasting away, or too sick from side effects to eat…and that’s simply not true.
—Self Staff, SELF, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Waste away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20away. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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