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61wait on — also wait upon phrasal 1. a. to attend as a servant b. to supply the wants of ; serve 2. to make a formal call on 3. to wait for …
62wait in — PHRASAL VERB If you wait in, you deliberately stay at home and do not go out, for example because someone is coming to see you. [mainly BRIT] [V P for n] If I d waited in for you I could have waited all day... [V P] There s no need to wait in all …
63wait — verb 1》 stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or occurrence. ↘be delayed or deferred. ↘informal defer (a meal) until a person s arrival. ↘[usu. as noun waiting] park a vehicle for a short time at the side of a road …
64wait up — 1) she waited up for him every night Syn: stay awake, stay up, keep vigil 2) hey, wait up! Syn: stop, slow down, hold on, wait for me …
65wait — see all things come to those who wait time and tide wait for no man it’s ill waiting for dead men’s shoes …
66wait — See: LIE IN WAIT …
67wait on — or[wait upon] {v.} 1. To serve. * /Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid./ * /The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon./ 2. {formal} To visit as a courtesy or for business. * /We waited upon the widow out of respect for her… …
68wait — See: LIE IN WAIT …
69wait on — or[wait upon] {v.} 1. To serve. * /Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid./ * /The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon./ 2. {formal} To visit as a courtesy or for business. * /We waited upon the widow out of respect for her… …
70Wait — This is an early medieval English occupational name for a watchman, introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and derived from the Old Norman French waite , Old French guait . The name… …
