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

"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

If maidenkind be pure of mind, industrious, tidy, smart, What need that they should fool away their youth upon Delsarte?

From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene

On the whole, at this time, I consider the Italian system a very wise one for it does not fool away any time with incompetence.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

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

You fool away the whole morning, spoil the whole patch with yer lazy tricks, thinkin’ I wouldn’t see ’em, then let the stock in to eat up the seed I’ve paid fer.

From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Chapman, Ethel M.