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kill time
Fig. to use something up, especially time. I killed time reading a novel. The employees were not encouraged to kill time.
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to do something while waiting We were early for our appointment, so we killed time at a bookstore.
kill time
to do something which is not very useful or interesting while you are waiting for time to pass We usually play guessing games to kill time at airports.
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Pass time aimlessly. For example, There was nothing to do, so I sat around killing time until dinner was ready. This idiom was first recorded about 1768.