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Idioms and Phrases

Wait idly for something to occur, as in We were just marking time until we received our instructions . This idiom alludes to the literal meaning of marching in place to the time , or beat, of music. [Early 1800s]
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Example Sentences

Would you be happy simply to mark time until the inevitable takes hold?

Holidays also help them mark time, which can behave strangely in isolation.

South Carolinians mark time according to dove season, meaning that the calendar year begins on Labor Day.

To the left—face—quick march, to the left—turn—to the right—turn—close files—mark time—right—left—right—left—forward.

This instrument is employed both to mark time, and to produce variety in sound.

The wind in the tree-tops overhead sighs in soft music, and ever and anon a leaf falls with a slight rustle to mark time.

Hawkins wheeled his line to the right, making the pivot-mark time, and passed along the end of the yard, which was deserted.

Susan, holding "the highest ground," found it difficult to mark time until she could find her place in the reconstruction.

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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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