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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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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.
The men kill time collecting the small parachutes from the shells in between attacks and bombardments.
She took note of the open plan bars and restaurants, the oppressive fluorescent lights and the doddering passengers wandering aimlessly trying to kill time.
At the entrance to the medina, waiting near the public writers who seem to kill time in front of their timeless typewriters.
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?
He avoided answering every question and produced an interminable drone to kill time and frustrate the interviewer.

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