fritter away
to waste time or money on things that are not necessary or important
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to waste time or money on things that are not necessary or important
to waste time doing things that are not important or useful
to spend time somewhere with no particular purpose
to waste time doing things that are not important
to waste time and effort trying to do something that someone else has already done well
to make time seem to pass more quickly by doing something instead of just waiting
to prevent yourself from becoming bored by doing something, often something that you are not really interested in
to waste time waiting for someone or something
to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem
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