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fritter (away)

verb

Definition of fritter (away)next
as in to spend
to use up carelessly quit frittering away the afternoon playing video games and get some housework done!

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  1. spend
  2. lose
Verb
  • Minnesota Secretary of State Scott Simon, a Democrat, said in August that his office expects to spend roughly $250,000 on private vendors to conduct penetration testing, which can expose security vulnerabilities and recommend actionable fixes.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • As part of the arrangement, the elder Ryan agreed to cover the lion’s share of the differences in building a new stadium, originally priced at $830 million, from the $300 million the university planned to spend on renovating the older one.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of spend
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  • Success loses some of its shine when your private world is absorbing all the strain.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Apple had introduced the iPhone just two months earlier, and Brown concluded that his company had no future in smartphones, which were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a quarter.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of lose
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“Fritter (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritter%20%28away%29. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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