FIDDLE AWAY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

fiddle away

verb

Definition of fiddle away

as in to spend

to use up carelessly fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

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Recent Examples of fiddle away Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025

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Successful candidates will then be invited to spend a day at the bank’s offices where they are tested on banking regulation, their use of AI, and their ability to build calculations.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The Finnish Government has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of spend

Verb

Meta Platforms, which is pushing its Muse AI agent, lost 7% after reporting stronger revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, though its profit fell short.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The distance between pilot and production is where a lot of companies are losing footing.

— Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of lose

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The restaurant also had to throw away ground beef, shredded chicken, shredded cheese, raw pork chops and raw steaks because they weren’t held at a minimum temperature of 41 degrees.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Many butterfly and moth species lay pupae in leaf litter, so throwing away leaves each fall may be getting rid of these beneficial insects, too.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of throw away

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Why Anthropic’s own gap between product and go-to-market is the template every enterprise will run through in the next thirty-six months.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Royal blue details run through the entryway and hallway, berry red dominates the kitchen, and the living room is lighter in tone.

— Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of run through

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