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View synonyms for kill-time

kill-time

noun

    1. an occupation that passes the time
    2. ( as modifier )

      kill-time pursuits

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.
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Example Sentences

He sang a lot there, too, figuring it was better than the other thing people did to kill time, which was to fight.

The place where many of us go to kill time and avoid doing work could actually be key to finding work in the future.

"I'd rather kill time than kill Germans," he had said lightly.

I have to turn in again to kill time and also to keep warm, for I feel the cold very much now.

I passed a theatre, went in mechanically, and solely to kill time, for I knew the plays by heart.

"Cosy little office you've got, for this part of town," he remarked, with an air of speaking pleasantries to kill time.

We camped on the boiler deck, and bought some cheap literature to kill time with.

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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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