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piddle away

/ˈpɪd.əl əˈweɪ/

Traduction: Verbe à particule signifiant gaspiller du temps, de l'argent ou des ressources en des activités futiles ou sans importance.

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/ˈpɪd.əl əˈweɪ/C1formal
  • frVerbe à particule signifiant gaspiller du temps, de l'argent ou des ressources en des activités futiles ou sans importance.

A phrasal verb used to indicate wasting time, money, or resources on trivial or unimportant matters.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

  1. Waste time or moneyinformal

    To spend time or money in a trivial, unproductive, or wasteful manner.

    frgaspiller

    • He piddled away the entire afternoon playing video games.
    • She piddled away her savings on useless gadgets.
    • Don't piddle away your opportunities; focus on your goals.

    Synonymesblowdilly-dallydissipatefool awayfritter awaylavishmisspendsquanderthrow awaywaste

    Antonymesconserveeconomizehusbandinvestsave

Formes
  • piddled away past participle
  • piddled away past simple
  • piddling away present participle
  • piddles away third person singular

Verbe de basepiddle

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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