"fiddle away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fiddles away [present, singular, third-person], fiddling away [participle, present], fiddled away [participle, past], fiddled away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fiddle away (third-person singular simple present fiddles away, present participle fiddling away, simple past and past participle fiddled away)
  1. (intransitive) To play the fiddle idly. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fiddle_away-en-verb-Qomo0mGe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 82 18
  2. (transitive) To waste (time) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fiddle_away-en-verb-KvMsnTrS

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fiddle away meaning in English (1.4kB)

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