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TRIFLE AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trifle away mean? 

TRIFLE AWAY (verb)
  The verb TRIFLE AWAY has 1 sense:

1. spend wastefullyplay

  Familiarity information: TRIFLE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRIFLE AWAY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend wastefully

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

trifle away; wanton; wanton away

Context example:

wanton one's money away

Hypernyms (to "trifle away" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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