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Definition of Fool away
1. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"
Exact synonyms: Dissipate, Fool, Fritter, Fritter Away, Frivol Away, Shoot
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Derivative terms: Dissipation
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Derivative terms: Dissipation
Definition of Fool away
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to waste, squander ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fool Away
Literary usage of Fool away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"To fool away one's lime, Ofer-dreulio ... To fool away one's money, Ofer-dreulio (ai-
radu, ..."
2. Every where by Will Carleton (1908)
"Father thinks I fool away my money, gettin' information, an' learnin* the ways of
... Precious little / get to fool away though." The misguided boy was just ..."
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