mark time

Meaning

1. 1

   to pass the time while you wait for sth more interesting

   I'm just marking time in this job — I'm hoping to get into journalism.

2. 2

   to make marching movements without moving forwards

In the movies · 4

• Mark the time.Collateral2004
• He marks time by reading.Take the Money and Run1969
• This marks the first time Rearden Steel has been used this extensively...Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• This marks the first time inLaw Abiding Citizen2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift

From the same entry

• mark you
• mark down
• mark down as
• mark down
• mark off
• mark off
• mark out as
• mark out
• mark up
• be close to the mark
• be off the mark
• be on the mark