noun
a military drill in which soldiers march in place without moving forward
verb
to perform a marching movement without moving forward
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The soldiers were instructed to mark time while waiting for further orders.
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We just had to stand there and mark time until the boss arrived.
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We were just chilling and marking time until the party started.
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It felt like I was just marking time in that dead-end job until I found something better.