pass the time

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pass the time (of day)

to spend time doing something; to consume or use spare time by doing something. I read to pass the time while waiting in the doctor's office. I passed the time of day by talking to Dave.

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Steadily the waters rose till they were nibbling at his feet; and to pass the time until they made their final gulp, he watched the only thing on the lagoon. The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context Yet was this half-horrible stolidity in him, involving, too, as it appeared, an all-ramifying heartlessness; --yet was it oddly dashed at times, with an old, crutch-like, antediluvian, wheezing humorousness, not unstreaked now and then with a certain grizzled wittiness; such as might have served to pass the time during the midnight watch on the bearded forecastle of Noah's ark. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context Seeing this, and being quite exhausted by the excitement of the past few hours, the little girl decided that sleep would be the best thing to restore her strength and the easiest way in which she could pass the time. Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context			pass away pass back pass by pass by on the other side pass down pass for pass forward pass from pass gas pass in pass in review pass into pass judgment pass judgment on pass muster pass off pass off as pass on pass out pass over pass sentence on pass the buck pass the hat pass the hat around pass the smell test pass the time pass the time of day pass the torch pass through pass through mind pass to pass under pass up passing passport to past past caring past master past prime paste paste down paste on paste one paste up pasture pastures new pat pat answer pat down pat on pat on the back			pass sentence pass sentence on pass sentence on pass sentence upon pass someone or something off pass something off pass something on Pass That Joint Pass The Barf Bag pass the baton pass the baton pass the baton Pass the book Pass the Buck Pass the Buck Pass the Freak Out pass the hat pass the hat pass the hat pass the hat pass the hat pass the hat around pass the hat round pass the hat round pass the hat round Pass the LEED Pass The Loot Pass the Needle Through Pass the Slipped Stitch Over pass the smell test pass the time pass the time of day pass the time of day pass the time of day pass the time of day pass the time of day pass the torch pass the torch pass the torch pass the torch pass the torch pass through pass through pass through pass through Pass Through Certificate Pass Through Certificates Pass Through Coupon Rate Pass Through Coupon Rates pass through mind Pass Through Price Pass Through Rate Pass Through Rates Pass Through Securities Pass Through Security Pass Throughs pass time pass time pass time in idleness pass title pass to

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