to wait for something by doing something or nothing
to use time
pass the time
The team was killing time at the stadium before it was their turn to play.
She intends to kill as much time as possible before her parents get serious and start finding a groom for her.
I am not going to kill time while he is out there getting all the real contracts and work assignments.
He loves to kill time in the afternoon while his parents are at work. He completes all the homework only when they are back.
You cannot just kill time here in the office.
How am I to kill time in this awfully boring place?
The kids are killing time in order to earn the prize of a chocolate.
Can I kill time at your place while my wife is away?
The boys meet over the weekend to kill time.
There is no origin for this idiom
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