Idiom
To kill time.
To waste time.
Dictionary
killed time
verb
Past of kill time
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The phrase "killed time" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to pass the time or spend time doing something unproductive or without purpose. Example: While waiting for the train, I killed time by playing games on my phone.
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He killed time.
Zvonareva killed time by hitting serves and doing calisthenics behind the baseline.
"They killed time," said Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah, the director general of Bangladesh's national fire service.
To combat that, Kane trained around his native Vancouver and killed time any way he could.
We ordered a round of juleps and killed time until the race.
After sitting for a photo, he killed time reading "Moby-Dick" and eating a late lunch.
At night, while his family slept, Rainey killed time by surfing the Internet and watching television.
Deciding she had been delayed, I killed time by buying a return ticket.
Then I walked home, killed time, went to bed, another day dawned.
Another woman, 18, said she usually killed time during the day at an Apple Store.
She killed time on the set, she said, reading Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past".
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