Squander, waste money or time, as in He was fooling away the entire afternoon. [Early 1600s] Also see
fool around, def. 2.
fool away
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
spend frivolously and unwisely
Synonyms: fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool
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