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lie in wait collapse

hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

sweat it out collapse

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

lurk collapse: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

nightwalk collapse

await collapse

mark time collapse

wait on collapse

stay up collapse: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"

hold everything collapse

hold your horses collapse

stick around collapse

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

sit back collapse: settle into a comfortable sitting position

hang fire collapse

administer to collapse

dillydally collapse

take time collapse

pander to collapse

itch to collapse

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

wait collapse: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"; serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"; stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"; wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

gumshoe collapse

hang around collapse

valet collapse: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"; serve as a personal attendant to

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

jump the gun collapse

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

sneak collapse: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible; to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"; put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

work for collapse

salt away collapse

pussyfoot collapse

prowl collapse: the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner); move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"; loiter about, with no apparent aim

be still collapse

lay in collapse

not budge collapse

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

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