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fiddles away

fiddles away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fiddles away

What is fiddles away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fiddles away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle away.

Words near fiddles away in the dictionary

  1. fiddlers
  2. fiddlery
  3. fiddles
  4. fiddles about
  5. fiddles around
  6. fiddles away
  7. fiddles while Rome burns
  8. fiddles with
  9. fiddlesome
  10. fiddlestick
  11. fiddlesticks

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