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/frˈɪtər əwˈeɪ/ Listen

verb

Fritter v. t. (past & past part. frittered; pres. part. frittering)

To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

To break into small pieces or fragments. "Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense."

To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.

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"Fritter away" Quotes from Famous Books

... said, "let us proceed to business at once, and not fritter away valuable time in unbecoming fault-findings ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... people who might annoy him or waste his time. He would not assume his repelling pose if he knew you had come with a purpose of true service, after full preparation of yourself and your selling plans to interest him. Though he does not realize it yet, you will neither pester him nor fritter away ...

— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

... Harriet must not fritter away her time writing plays; she must study Butler's Analogy. She must also read Baxter's Saints Rest, than which, says Mrs. Stowe, "no book ever affected me more powerfully. As I walked the pavements I wished that they might sink beneath me if only I might find myself in heaven." In this mental condition ...

— Daughters of the Puritans - A Group of Brief Biographies • Seth Curtis Beach

... your last day of service in these offices. This afternoon I will pay you what is due you, and to-morrow I will endeavor to get a boy who is willing to attend to business and not fritter away his time ...

— Young Auctioneers - The Polishing of a Rolling Stone • Edward Stratemeyer

... Sue took a stand which could not be shaken, even if the easy-going mooning colonel had exerted himself to that extent. She insisted upon using one-half the yearly income for household expenses; the other the colonel could fritter away as he chose upon his racing-stable and his secondary hobby—an utterly absurd ...

— Garrison's Finish - A Romance of the Race-Course • W. B. M. Ferguson