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consume time
verb as in kill time
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Example Sentences
I don't deny that the course of action I am now suggesting will cost money, and consume time.
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But beyond serving to consume time and amuse the convention, Mr. Butler's speech made no impression.
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While the act was not a complicated one, it did consume time and monopolize attention.
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But to resort to other measures will consume time that is most valuable, and might arouse the suspicions of guilty parties.
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To quiet him and to consume time, I have promised that President Richardot shall go and try to satisfy them.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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