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fiddle away

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fiddle something away

to waste something. She fiddled the afternoon away. Don't fiddle away the afternoon. Get to work.

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fiddle away something

also fiddle something away

to waste time doing nothing in particular Billy fiddles away hours on end arranging his model cars.

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fiddle away

v.

To waste or squander some period of time: I fiddled away the afternoon surfing the Internet. The lazy student fiddled the night away instead of doing homework.

See also: away, fiddle