fool away

Idioms  

1. Squander, waste money or time, as in He was fooling away the entire afternoon. [Early 1600s] Also see fool around, def. 2.

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Example Sentences

If old Smearcase continues to fool away his hard-earned wealth in that manner, his friends ought to buy an injunction on his will!

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

You're not going over to Europe to fool away any more of your time.

From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest

The starter won't fool away much time with those ... there they go now!

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)

If maidenkind be pure of mind, industrious, tidy, smart, What need that they should fool away their youth upon Delsarte?

From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene

I for one protest against it so strongly that if your committee agree to it and do not push party endorsement, I must decline to fool away my time in Kansas.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted