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fiddled away

fiddled away is the simple past and past participle of fiddle away.

Meaning of fiddle away

Verb

fiddle away (third-person singular simple present fiddles away, present participle fiddling away, simple past and past participle fiddled away)

  1. (intransitive) To play the fiddle idly.
  2. (transitive) To waste (time)
    • There's nothing I like more than fiddling away Saturday night playing dominoes with myself.

Questions about fiddled away

What is fiddled away the simple past and past participle of?
Fiddled away is the simple past and past participle of fiddle away.

Words near fiddled away in the dictionary

  1. fiddlebow
  2. fiddlebows
  3. fiddled
  4. fiddled about
  5. fiddled around
  6. fiddled away
  7. fiddled while Rome burned
  8. fiddled while Rome burnt
  9. fiddled with
  10. fiddlededee
  11. fiddledeedee

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