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fritter away time

VERB
kill time
Synonyms
WEAK
amuse oneself consume time have leisure idle away time pass the time sit on one's hands summer while away the time
VERB
waste time
Synonyms
WEAK
burn daylight dally dawdle delay dillydally fiddle about goof off kill time linger loiter lollygag lose time pass the time piddle procrastinate shilly-shally take one's own sweet time take one's time tarry while away the time

Example Sentences

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People in this part of Twitter’s ecosystem are too busy to fritter away time gabbing about TV shows or tasty lattes.

From Forbes • Aug. 23, 2012

The problem here, as in Earthquake, is that the scriptwriters feel obligated to fritter away time on people's banal problems.

From Time Magazine Archive

In either case it was a device to fritter away time.

From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.