fritter away

In reality, it was money "frittered away" by their daughter.

If this adds a hint of mitigation for England's failure to secure a second successive 3-0 clean sweep, there are few excuses for the way the hosts frittered away this Test.

England frittered away wickets and shipped easy runs on Saturday.

Ray plainly resents Bankman-Fried for trying to blame the bankruptcy team for frittering away FTX’s value and his claim that he tried to help Ray restructure the company but was rebuffed.

Ravichandran Ashwin's sad withdrawal left India without a key man, yet somehow England frittered away their golden opportunity in a blur of sloppy shots and brain fades.