wait sth out
US— phrasal verb with wait uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/verb [ I ]
to wait until something unpleasant has ended:
I'd rather wait out the storm than drive home immediately.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- remaining
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stop
- stop in
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
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