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While away

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To spend (time) idly but pleasantly. transitive

    "We whiled away the hours playing cards."

  2. 2
    spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time wordnet
  3. 3
    To elapse, to pass. intransitive

    "The rest of the night hours whiled away for the prisoners as few slept."

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