Daily life
kill time
pass time while waiting
To do something while you are waiting so that the time passes more quickly.
Hear it in real life
What did you do before the appointment?
I just killed time in a nearby cafe.
I killed time at the station by looking around the little shops.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I killed time for waiting at the airport.
Say: I killed time while waiting at the airport.
Use “while” before an activity happening during the wait; “for” does not introduce that activity here.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
kill time; killed time; kill time by doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
I killed time at the station by looking around the little shops.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
kill time
pass time while waiting
“I killed time at the station by looking around the little shops.”
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