fiddles away

verb

present tense third-person singular of fiddle away
as in spends
to use up carelessly fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

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  1. spends
  2. loses
  3. runs through
  4. throws away
Verb
  • Money in the Baby Fund will stay in the Baby Fund until the City spends it for the benefit of families with newborns.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Lenni, a child welfare worker and divorced mother of two, spends her days fighting for other people’s families while her own is in a constant state of hilarious chaos.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of spends
Verb
  • As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • BetMGM is offering new users a promo code of FOXNEWS, which gives them up to $1,500 in bonuses if their first bet loses.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of loses
Verb
  • The leather chain separates from the meat chain early and runs through more hands, weakening the link between the tannery and the farm.
    — Maria Brozman, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Democrats who once saw the political map as an almost impossible lift now are now hopeful that a Senate majority is within reach, even though their path runs through several more conservative states.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of runs through
Verb
  • Every draft Stewart throws away trains his instinct for the line worth keeping.
    — Dr. Mario García, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 May 2026
Definition of throws away
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