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"Wait"

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wait at table

[wait at table] or [wait on table] or [wait table] {v. phr.} To serve food. * /Mrs. Lake had to teach her new maid to wait on table properly./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lie in wait

[lie in wait] {v. phr.} To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. * /The driver of the stage-coach knew that the thieves were lying […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

wait on

[wait on] or [wait upon] {v.} 1. To serve. * /Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid./ * /The clerk in the store asked if we had been […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay for

[lay for] {v.}, {informal} To hide and wait for in order to catch or attack; to lie in wait for. * /The bandits laid for him along the road./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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