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FOOL AWAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend frivolously and unwisely

Example:

Fritter away one's inheritance

Synonyms:

dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "fool away" is one way to...):

consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)

"Fool away" entails doing...:

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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