as in to spend
to use up carelessly
fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet
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Recent Examples of fiddle away
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddle away
Verb
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Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Pyne spent 15 seasons there as a firefighter, some of them living in an old cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Wipe down counters to get rid of crumbs and throw away produce scraps in a covered trash can.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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That's because the aviation world is taking over Oshkosh’s skies for the 72nd edition of EAA AirVenture, which started July 21 and runs through July 27.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
21 July 2025
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Junk, who hadn’t allowed an earned run through 18 consecutive innings, allowed three in the fourth inning.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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In just the wild-card era — dating back to the 1995 season — a whopping 10 teams have lost six in a row and gone on to win the World Series.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
22 July 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, lost 0.32%.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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“Fiddle away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle%20away. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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