mark time
1mark time — {v. phr.} 1. To move the feet up and down as in marching, but not going forward. * /The officer made the soldiers mark time as a punishment./ 2. To be idle; waiting for something to happen. * /The teacher marked time until all the children were… …
2mark time — {v. phr.} 1. To move the feet up and down as in marching, but not going forward. * /The officer made the soldiers mark time as a punishment./ 2. To be idle; waiting for something to happen. * /The teacher marked time until all the children were… …
3mark time — ► mark time 1) (of troops) march on the spot without moving forward. 2) engage temporarily in routine activities. Main Entry: ↑mark …
4mark time — index pause Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5mark time — tv. to wait; to do nothing but wait. □ I’ll just mark time till things get etter. □ Do you expect me to just stand here and mark time? …
6mark\ time — v. phr. 1. To move the feet up and down as in marching, but not going forward. The officer made the soldiers mark time as a punishment. 2. To be idle; waiting for something to happen. The teacher marked time until all the children were ready for… …
7mark time — phrasal 1. : to keep the time of a marching step (as in military drill) by moving the feet alternately without advancing 2. : to function or operate in a lackadaisical, listless, or unproductive manner : merely go through the motions of activity …
8mark time — 1) to do nothing, or to make no progress, because you are waiting for something to happen I feel like I m just marking time in this job. 2) if soldiers mark time, they make movements with their arms and legs as if they were marching, but they… …
9Mark Time Awards — The Mark Time Awards are the most prominent radio drama awards worldwide in conjunction with the Ogle Awards. The awards are granted by the MISFITS Minnesota Society For Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy and judged by a panel of five… …
10mark time — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, be still, beat time, bide, bide the issue, clock, coast, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, fix the time, freeze, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, keep quiet, keep time …
