dawdle away
dawdle away
To waste time (often a specific amount of time that is stated after "away"). I had to stay up late finishing my book report because I dawdled away my whole afternoon.
See also: away, dawdle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
dawdle something away
to waste a particular amount of time; to let a period of time slip away, wasted. You didn't finish your work because you dawdled most of your time away. You dawdle away too much time daydreaming.
See also: away, dawdle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- are we away
- Are we away?
- away with (someone or something)
- away with something
- breeze away
- crumble away
- away
- draw away
- do away with
- do away with (someone, something, or oneself)