while away time

while away time
while away time
expr.
matar el tiempo expr.

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  • while away — verb spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑get through • Hypernyms: ↑spend, ↑pass • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˌ …   Useful english dictionary

  • while away something — while away (something) to spend time in a relaxed way. Commuters while away the time they are stuck in traffic by listening to their favorite radio station …   New idioms dictionary

  • while away — (something) to spend time in a relaxed way. Commuters while away the time they are stuck in traffic by listening to their favorite radio station …   New idioms dictionary

  • while away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms while away : present tense I/you/we/they while away he/she/it whiles away present participle whiling away past tense whiled away past participle whiled away to spend time in a relaxed way when you have nothing …   English dictionary

  • while away the time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • while away — PHRASAL VERB If you while away the time in a particular way, you spend time in that way, because you are waiting for something else to happen, or because you have nothing else to do. [V P n (not pron)] Miss Bennett whiled away the hours playing… …   English dictionary

  • while away — phr verb While away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑time …   Collocations dictionary

  • while away — {v.} To make time go by pleasantly or without being bored; pass or spend. * /We whiled away the time that we were waiting by talking and playing cards./ * /We whiled away the summer swimming and fishing./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • while away — {v.} To make time go by pleasantly or without being bored; pass or spend. * /We whiled away the time that we were waiting by talking and playing cards./ * /We whiled away the summer swimming and fishing./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • while\ away — v To make time go by pleasantly or without being bored; pass or spend. We whiled away the time that we were waiting by talking and playing cards. We whiled away the summer swimming and fishing …   Словарь американских идиом

  • while away the time — make time go by pleasantly We spent the afternoon whiling away the time by the river …   Idioms and examples

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