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WANTON AWAY

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend wastefully

Example:

wanton one's money away

Synonyms:

trifle away; wanton; wanton away

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Synonyms:

piddle; piddle away; trifle; wanton; wanton away

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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