Usually means: Waste time, money, or resources.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (fritter away)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To squander or waste.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance.

Similar:
fool away, dissipate, fool, shoot, fritter, frivol away, frit away, throw away, waste, fret, more...

Opposite:
conserve, save, utilize, manage, allocate

Phrases:
to fritter away, fritter away time, more...

Adjectives:
waste, brokedown, totaled, riven, harsh, obliterated, weest, broken, wallow, truant, cut down

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Similar:
fool away, dissipate, fool, shoot, fritter, frivol away, frit away, throw away, waste, fret, more...

Opposite:
conserve, save, utilize, manage, allocate

Phrases:
to fritter away, fritter away time, more...

Adjectives:
waste, brokedown, totaled, riven, harsh, obliterated, weest, broken, wallow, truant, cut down



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