kill-time
noun
- an occupation that passes the time
- (as modifier)kill-time pursuits
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Example sentences from the Web for kill-time
What sailorizing was undertaken was in the nature of kill-time, and well understood as such by the men.
The Log of a Sea-Waif|Frank T. Bullen
Idioms and Phrases with kill-time
kill time
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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