Usually means: Marching in place without advancing.
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  1. mark time: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mark time: Merriam-Webster
  3. mark time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mark time: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mark time: Dictionary.com
  6. mark time: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. mark time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mark time: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MARK-TIME: Band Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mark time: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mark time: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mark time: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mark time)

verb:  (marching) To march in place, while still in step with the beat.
verb:  (by extension, figuratively) To stop making progress temporarily; to wait or stand still.

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