fiddled away

verb

past tense of fiddle away
as in spent
to use up carelessly fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

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  1. spent
  2. lost
  3. threw away
  4. ran through
Verb
  • Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • The neighborhood/area The fishing village of Conca dei Marini remains a lovely reminder of what this whole coast was once like—sleepy, charming, lost in time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In the latest case, a 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • The affidavit against the suspects alleges the teens threw away Erving’s phone and clothing, ABC News and CBS News reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda threw away his shot to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of threw away
Verb
  • My brother could see Tommy’s truck, so my brother and one of his friends ran through the woods to him.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Jil Sander‘s creative director Simone Bellotti has delivered one of the more enigmatic campaigns for fall — shot outdoors like so many this season, but also referring to interiors, a theme that ran through his fall collection.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran through
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fiddled (around)
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“Fiddled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddled%20away. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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