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TRIFLE AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trifle away mean?
• TRIFLE AWAY (verb)
The verb TRIFLE AWAY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: TRIFLE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spend wastefully
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
trifle away; wanton; wanton away
Context example:
wanton one's money away
Hypernyms (to "trifle away" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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