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wait out
wait W0010000 (wāt)v. wait·ed, wait·ing, waits v.intr.1. a. To remain or rest in expectation: waiting for the guests to arrive. See Synonyms at stay1.b. To stay in one place until another catches up: waited at the corner for everyone else in the group.2. To remain or be in readiness: Lunch is waiting at the counter.3. To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed: The trip will have to wait.4. To work as a waiter or waitress.v.tr.1. To remain or stay in expectation of; await: wait one's turn.2. Informal To delay (a meal or an event); postpone: They waited lunch for us.3. To be a waiter or waitress at: wait tables.n.1. The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.2. Chiefly British a. One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.b. One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.Phrasal Verbs: wait on (or upon)1. To serve the needs of; be in attendance on.2. To make a formal call on; visit.3. To follow as a result; depend on.4. To await: They're waiting on my decision. wait out To delay until the termination of: wait out a war; waited out the miniskirt craze. wait up1. To postpone going to bed in anticipation of something or someone.2. Informal To stop or pause so that another can catch up: Let's wait up for the stragglers.
[Middle English waiten, from Old North French waitier, to watch, of Germanic origin; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]Translationswait out
wait outTo wait to take action until something else subsides or ends. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wait" and "out." We decided to stay at the restaurant and wait out the storm.See also: out, waitwait something outto wait until something ends. I will wait the summer out, and if nothing happens, I'll write again. I can wait out the storm inside.See also: out, waitwait outDelay until the end of something, as in They waited out the war in Paris. This expression comes from baseball, where it alludes to the batter refraining from swinging at pitches in the hope of being walked (getting to first base on balls). It was first recorded in 1909 and was transferred to other activities by the 1930s. See also: out, waitwait outv. To delay until the termination of something: I waited out the war in the countryside. The baseball team waited the storm out and resumed playing an hour later.See also: out, waitEncyclopediaSeewait |