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What does kill time mean?

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Verb
  1. (informal, intransitive) To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly.
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If it rained, we sat around playing backgammon and Trivial Pursuit and trying to kill time.
I'm just passing through to kill time till my shipmate fixes the ship that she damaged.
Many young people smoke because they feel that they have nothing else to do, or to kill time.
This turns out just a well, since the three bands seemed to prefer hanging out in this room rather than backstage to kill time.
A hospital porter, a call centre operator, supermarket shelf stackers and a factory worker, they meet regularly in an all night cafe to kill time.
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?

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