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Exact Match:

wait: 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"

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lie in wait collapse

sweat it out collapse

await collapse

mark time collapse

wait on collapse

hold everything collapse

hold your horses 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"

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

administer to collapse

dillydally collapse

take time collapse

pander to collapse

itch to collapse

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

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

nightwalk collapse

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"

work for 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

be still collapse

not budge collapse

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

abide collapse

look after collapse: keep under careful scrutiny; "Keep an eye on this prisoner!"

forbear collapse: refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"

squirm collapse

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

minister to collapse

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

gumshoe collapse

dally collapse: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"; waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"; behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

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