Idiom
waste away
Meaning
To lose energy or become weak and feeble.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She started to waste away after she stopped eating.”
“Without proper treatment, the patient began to waste away in the hospital.”
“Grief-stricken and refusing nourishment, he seemed to waste away before his family's helpless eyes.”
Examples
simple
“She started to waste away after she stopped eating.”
contextual
“Without proper treatment, the patient began to waste away in the hospital.”
complex
“Grief-stricken and refusing nourishment, he seemed to waste away before his family's helpless eyes.”
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