What does “kill time” mean?

to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen

How is “kill time” used?

In The Apartment (1960), one line is: “It's not that I'm overly ambitious. It's just a way of killing time...”

The clip at the top of this page is from The Apartment (1960).

It's not that I'm overly ambitious. It's just a way of killing time...

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