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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More on that decision and a list of other schools that have decided to spend cash on volleyball here.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tony didn’t find out about their daughter until after Ziva’s death, then father and daughter spent several years together before Ziva revealed the truth.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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From the outside, that must sound ludicrously harsh, even if Leverkusen were winless across those matches, losing to Hoffenheim and throwing away a 3-1 lead (with a man advantage) to draw 3-3 in Bremen on Saturday afternoon.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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To prevent the need for astronauts to throw away their clothing, space agencies are exploring ways to launder it in space.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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His illness has limited him to light catch play over the past few days, and the shift in plans meant some slight alterations to his routine, which Ireton ran through with club security.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The grain refers to the direction of the muscle fibers running through your steak.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Ayman Soliman, a former hospital chaplain, has been detained by immigration authorities since July after losing his asylum status.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Fiddle away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle%20away. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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