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Julia Huong
2022-04-19 03:04
Fritter away phrasal verb informal
To waste something foolishly.
Peter kept frittering away all of the money that he had won in the contest.
Come on, don't fritter away your time! Back to work!
It is rumoured that he frittered the company funds away on gambling.
Time is running out.
If something goes down the chute, it is destroyed or wasted.
To spend money wastefully
1. To discard something.
2. To waste or not make use of something well.
3. To say something offhandedly.
4. To deliberately throw an incomplete football pass.
The verb "fritter" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
