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while away

verb

tr, adverb to pass (time) idly and usually pleasantly

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Spend time idly or pleasantly, as in It was a beautiful day and we whiled away the hours in the garden . This expression is the only surviving use of the verb while , meaning “to spend time.” [First half of 1600s]

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