loaf away

loaf away

1. To be idle or slothful; to be totally inactive. I don't want you loafing away on this sofa for the whole weekend, young man! After a long week of work, there's nothing I like better than to loaf away for a while with some video games or movies.
2. To pass a certain amount or period of time by being very lazy or idle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "loaf" and "away." Too many kids just loaf the summer away in front of their computers or televisions. In my 20s, I would spend every Friday and Saturday night at the bar with my friends, but now that I have kids, I just want to loaf away the evenings at home.
See also: away, loaf
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

loaf something away

to waste away a period of time. You have loafed the entire day away! He loafed away the entire day.
See also: away, loaf
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • loiter away
  • laze away
  • idle away
  • loaf around
  • they also serve who (only) stand and wait
  • They also serve who only stand and wait
  • sink down
  • other way round, the
  • be bone idle
  • kick up (one's) feet
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Yet four out of ten people both young and old now live alone - and throw much of a loaf away when it gets stale.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Use your loaves