idle away
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In al-Souq al-Arabi, labourers, electricians, and others who would typically be at building sites idle away the time drinking tea and playing board games while they wait for work.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022
When B.A.U. first opened, officers half-expected their khaki charges to idle away their time on the glamorous Basque beaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Gene Forrester and the rest of the 16-year-olds, two years away from soldiering and left to themselves by a lackadaisical summer-session faculty, idle away the last of their childhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
For kids to idle away their time with this Pokemon nonsense is ludicrous.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not very wise, Hermes. What proper employment can they engage in, that way? I foretell the future; Aesculapius cures diseases; you are a good messenger—but these two—are they to idle away their whole time?”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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