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to kill (the) time
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to spend or use time in a way that does not achieve anything or have a particular goal
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Example
While waiting for the train, she decided to kill time by reading a book.
When the meeting was delayed, they killed time by chatting with each other.
We played a few rounds of chess to kill the time before our meeting.
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