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while

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while
noun
we chatted for a while:
time, spell, stretch, stint, span, season, interval, period, period of time, length of time, duration, run, phase, stage, term;
British, informal patch.
verb
tennis and quoits helped to while away the time during the voyage:
pass, spend, occupy, use up, kill, beguile.
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