Usually means: Waste time on trivial things.
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  1. fiddle away: Merriam-Webster
  2. fiddle away: Wiktionary
  3. fiddle away: Dictionary.com
  4. fiddle away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fiddle away: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fiddle away)

verb:  (intransitive) To play the fiddle idly.
verb:  (transitive) To waste (time)

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