frit away

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frit away (third-person singular simple present frits away, present participle fritting away, simple past and past participle fritted away)

  1. (transitive) To fritter away.
    • 1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:
      the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence
    • 1888, Virgil, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane, The Aeneid:
      Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock
    • 1957, Art Buchwald, The Brave Coward:
      Most people think the International Set is made up of a group of wealthy party goers who frit away their time in Paris, St. Moritz and on the Riviera.
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