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waste one's time

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Verb1.waste one's time - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, arse about, arse around, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, bum, loll
laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"


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He was probably a worthy member of society, a good husband and father, an honest broker; but there was no reason to waste one's time over him.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Watson began to talk of hunting--it was such an infernal bore having to waste one's time in an infernal office, he would only be able to hunt on Saturdays--and shooting: he had ripping invitations all over the country and of course he had to refuse them.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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