Kill time
To “kill time” means to spend time doing something while you’re waiting for something else.
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To “kill time” means to spend time doing something while you’re waiting for something else. For many of the 3.5 billion users worldwide, the Facebook outage meant they couldn’t post pictures and videos, give and get likes, text friends, or “kill time” at work. During the Facebook outage, you couldn’t pass the time at work by using Facebook apps. To “kill time” during their long layover, they left the airport to do some sightseeing.