while away

Definitions

1. 1

   To spend (time) idly but pleasantly.

   • Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.
   • It was then that Esste whiled away the time by answering Ansset's question.
2. 2

   To elapse, to pass.

   • The rest of the night hours whiled away for the prisoners as few slept.
   • The hours whiled away and I steadily kept drinking, even though it had been years since I'd done any serious imbibing.
   • As the hours whiled away, they discussed everything magical they had learned and how Odele had managed to become a Keeper and survive a full year without help or interference.

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