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

"I never wanted to fool away anybody else's money," Sewall added.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

"Harriet," she said between her clenched teeth, "go out and send that silly fool away."

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah

I realized then how stupidly I used to fool away a lot of time that I was paid for.

From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold

“A man that knows enough to teach school oughtn’t fool away his time on sheep.”

From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

I’ve got no time to fool away, Blackwell.

From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.