"frit away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: frits away [present, singular, third-person], fritting away [participle, present], fritted away [participle, past], fritted away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frit_away-en-verb-n4dis-z5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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