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kill-time
noun
- an occupation that passes the time
- ( as modifier )
kill-time pursuits
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
Most of the time Walker would end up staying at the same hotel and to kill time she would play dominoes in the hallway with coach Steve Kavaloski.
He explains that he is usually early wherever he goes and so the game helps him “kill time.â€
It's become the place where 2.5 billion people log on monthly to kill time, be entertained and, sometimes at least, learn something.
It won’t make you feel better, but it will kill time.
Twice a week, he would call, and twice a week, he would patiently kill time until his aging coach could answer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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