Wait

  • 41wait up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you wait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night. [V P for n] I hope he doesn t expect you to wait up for him... [V P] Don t wait up. Syn: stay up 2)… …

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  • 42wait — ku·wait; wait·er; wait·er·ing; wait·ress; wait·ron; wait·staff; wait; …

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  • 43wait — v 1. stay, rest, remain, abide; linger, loiter, tarry; await, wait for, Dial. wait on; stand by, Inf. hang around or about, Inf. stick around; pause, hesitate, hover, hold back, hang back, bide one s time; hold one s horses, Inf. sit tight, Sl.… …

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  • 44wait on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms wait on : present tense I/you/we/they wait on he/she/it waits on present participle waiting on past tense waited on past participle waited on 1) a) wait on someone to serve people in a restaurant What do we… …

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  • 45wait — await, wait Await is a transitive verb meaning ‘to wait for’, and cannot be used without an object: We will await the outcome is equivalent to We will wait for the outcome (but has a stronger element of suspenseful expectation); We will await and …

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  • 46wait — 1. verb /weɪt/ a) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by wait for .) The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf. b) To delay movement… …

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  • 47wait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stay, linger, tarry, abide, remain, bide [one s time], sit tight, cool one s heels (sl.), sweat it out (sl.); dally, procrastinate, delay; serve, attend; await, expect, look for. See expectation. II… …

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  • 48wait —   Kali, kakali, alia, ho ālia; kapaka i (rare);     on tables, lawelawe, kuene.     Wait a moment, kali iki, eia iho, pēlā iho.     Wait a long time, kūlō ihi.     Wait patiently and you shall receive what you crave, ho omanawanui i ka ono.    … …

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  • 49WAIT (AM) — Infobox Radio station name = WAIT city = Crystal Lake, Illinois area = slogan = branding = Access Radio Chicago frequency = 850 kHz airdate = share = share as of = share source = format = News/CNN power = 2,500 watts (Daytime) Off the air… …

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  • 50Wait EP — Infobox Album Name = Wait EP Type = EP Artist = The Polyphonic Spree Released = 2006 09 05 Recorded = 2006 Genre = indie rock Length = Label = Junket Boy Producer = Reviews = *Pitchfork Media (6.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record …

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