fritter away

• Deutsches Verb, das bedeutet, etwas – besonders Zeit oder Geld – allmählich, sorglos oder sinnlos zu verschwenden.

A phrasal verb used to indicate wasting something, especially time or money, in a gradual or careless manner.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Waste time or resourcesinformal

   To waste something, especially time or money, in a gradual or careless way.

   Verschwenden

   • He frittered away his inheritance on expensive cars.
   • She frittered away the afternoon watching TV.
   • Don't fritter away your savings on unnecessary things.

   Synonymeblowdissipatemisspendrun throughsquanderthrow awaywaste

   Antonymeaccumulateconserveeconomizehoardhusbandinvestpreservesave

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