kill (the) time

idiom

Synonyms of kill (the) time next

informal

: to spend time doing something while one is waiting

We killed time watching the sailboats on the river.

We killed the time between trains playing video games.

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Extra bathroom breaks, coffee chats and hoping for meetings to kill time. —

B.d. Dalton, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 The crowd sounded and looked disengaged as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon tried to kill time onstage. —

Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 Perkins mentions bringing his son to the similarly starry Pierce Brothers Memorial Park in Westwood to kill time while his wife was at an appointment nearby. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 July 2024 Even the boring parts—watching people kill time, waiting around to play or for inspiration to strike—seem freighted with possibility. —

Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for kill (the) time

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