wile away

Verb

while away (third-person singular simple present whiles away, present participle whiling away, simple past and past participle whiled away)

1. (transitive) To spend (time) idly but pleasantly.
   • Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter II, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   beguile

2. (intransitive) To elapse, to pass.
   • The rest of the night hours whiled away for the prisoners as few slept.2010, Lori Davis, Second Wind, page 65