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FRIVOL AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frivol away mean?
• FRIVOL AWAY (verb)
The verb FRIVOL AWAY has 1 sense:
1. spend frivolously and unwisely
Familiarity information: FRIVOL AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spend frivolously and unwisely
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot
Context example:
Fritter away one's inheritance
Hypernyms (to "frivol away" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
"Frivol away" entails doing...:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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