while away
phrasal verb
whiled away; whiling away; whiles away
: to spend (time) doing something pleasant and easy
We whiled away the afternoon with a walk around the garden.
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Medieval travelers were active and innovative in trying to prevent ill health while away.
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Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
What is your routine to keep you comfortable while away from home doing eight shows a week?
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2025
Away from the bottle-poppers of Mykonos, but hardly removed from the season’s social buzz, the white-washed, flat-roofed villas that wrap the cliffs of Santorini are wonderful places to while away a summer.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
After breakfasting off a hangover and enjoying the services of the valet and housekeeper, guests then while away the morning in the ornamental gardens.
—Simon Mills, airmail.news, 14 Sep. 2024
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Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
What is your routine to keep you comfortable while away from home doing eight shows a week?
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2025
Away from the bottle-poppers of Mykonos, but hardly removed from the season’s social buzz, the white-washed, flat-roofed villas that wrap the cliffs of Santorini are wonderful places to while away a summer.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
After breakfasting off a hangover and enjoying the services of the valet and housekeeper, guests then while away the morning in the ornamental gardens.
—Simon Mills, airmail.news, 14 Sep. 2024
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“While away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/while%20away. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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