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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fool away

"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 start first thing in the mornin', as we ain't got no time to fool away.

From Left on the Prairie by Cox, M. B.

“But we can’t fool away much time at the bungalow; we’ve got a lot to do to-day.”

From The Madness of May by Steele, Frederic Dorr

I came here to do solid business and not fool away my time competing with irresponsible parties who couldn't put up enough money to buy the chicken-house.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold