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footled away

footled away is the simple past and past participle of footle away.

Meaning of footle away

Verb

footle away (third-person singular simple present footles away, present participle footling away, simple past and past participle footled away)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To waste (time).
    • You've just footled away twenty minutes!
    Synonyms:
    footle about

Questions about footled away

What is footled away the simple past and past participle of?
Footled away is the simple past and past participle of footle away.

Words near footled away in the dictionary

  1. footle around
  2. footle away
  3. footled
  4. footled about
  5. footled around
  6. footled away
  7. footler
  8. footlers
  9. footles
  10. footles about
  11. footles around

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