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footles away

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

What is footles away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Footles away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of footle away.

Words near footles away in the dictionary

  1. footler
  2. footlers
  3. footles
  4. footles about
  5. footles around
  6. footles away
  7. footless
  8. footlessly
  9. footlessness
  10. footlet
  11. footlets

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