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What does kill time mean?

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  1. (informal, intransitive) To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly.
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I'm just passing through to kill time till my shipmate fixes the ship that she damaged.
He avoided answering every question and produced an interminable drone to kill time and frustrate the interviewer.
What are the different ways to kill time in the mud of the trnches, when you are a young man, when you are thirsty, afraid, cold?
Sketch for the set of the gunsmith's shop where the protagonist buys a gun to kill time.
The men kill time collecting the small parachutes from the shells in between attacks and bombardments.
At the entrance to the medina, waiting near the public writers who seem to kill time in front of their timeless typewriters.

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