Meaning of Idiom ‘Kill Time’
To kill time is to do some uninteresting thing while you are waiting for something else to happen or for someone else, etc.’; to pass time aimlessly or idly.
See have time to kill.
Sentence Examples
“I’ll kill time at the bookstore while you are doing your shopping.”
“What are you doing?” asked Janet. “Just killing time waiting for my car to be ready.”
“I hate to sit around. I tried to kill time reading a book but I ended up cleaning the house, instead.”
“The band was late to arrive on stage so the announcer had to kill time trying to keep the impatient crowd happy.”
“My appointment wasn’t until 10 so I killed time reading magazines.”
Origin
First recorded in print as early as 1768.
