"fool away" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fool away.ogg [Australia] Forms: fools away [present, singular, third-person], fooling away [participle, present], fooled away [participle, past], fooled away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fool away (third-person singular simple present fools away, present participle fooling away, simple past and past participle fooled away)
  1. (idiomatic) to waste, squander Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fool_away-en-verb-IOJClOxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fool away meaning in English (1.3kB)

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