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To kill time

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to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.
See under Kill, v. t.

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It was essential for him to be with someone to talk to, so as not to be left alone, to kill time.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But there was no help for it, so up stairs I went to my little room in the third floor, undressed myself as slowly as possible so as to kill time, and with a bitter sigh got between the sheets.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
But there were vacant seats here and there, and into one of them she was ushered, between brilliantly dressed women who had gone there to kill time and eat candy and display their gaudy attire.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
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