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regional note: in BRIT, also use wait aboutphrasal verbIf you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before somethinghappens or before someone arrives. The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike. [VERB PARTICLE + for] I waited around to speak to the doctor. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] ...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport. [VERB PARTICLE] See full dictionary entry for wait Synonyms of 'wait around'hang around, linger, loiter, hover around More Synonyms of wait around Chinese translation of 'wait around'wait around or wait about vi to wait around or about for sth 无(無)所事事地等待某事 (wú suǒ shì shì de děngdài mǒushì)
See wait Nearby words ofwait around - waistcoat
- wait
- wait a minute!
- wait around
- wait behind
- wait on
- wait or just a minute!
Related terms ofwait around - to wait around or about for sth
- wait up
- wait on
- wait behind
I waited around to speak to the doctor. Synonyms hang around hover around mark time skulk around loaf around Additional synonymsDefinition to delay or prolong departure Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until midnight. Synonyms stay, remain, stop, wait, delay, lag, hang around, idle, dally, loiter, take your time, wait around, dawdle, hang in the air, procrastinate, tarry, drag your feet or heels Definition to stand or wait aimlessly or idly unemployed young men loitering at the entrance to the factory. Synonyms linger, idle, loaf, saunter, delay, stroll, lag, dally, loll, dawdle, skulk, dilly-dally (informal), hang about or around Nearby words ofwait around - wail
- wait
- wait a minute
- wait around
- wait for or on something or someone
- wait on or upon someone
- wait up
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