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frit away

frit away verb: to fritter away.

Verb

frit away (third-person singular simple present frits away, present participle fritting away, simple past and past participle fritted away)

  1. (transitive) To fritter away.
    • the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram
    • Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock1888, Virgil, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane, The Aeneid

Forms of frit away

third-person singular presentfrits away
present participlefritting away
past participlefritted away
pastfritted away

Questions about frit away

What does frit away mean?
Frit away means to fritter away.
What part of speech is frit away?
Frit away is a verb.
What is the past tense of frit away?
The past tense of frit away is fritted away.

Words near frit away in the dictionary

  1. frisée
  2. frisée lettuce
  3. frisée lettuces
  4. frisées
  5. frit
  6. frit away
  7. frit brick
  8. frit bricks
  9. frit flies
  10. frit fly
  11. frita

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