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wait up

动词
  1. To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
  2. To wait. (US, colloquial) · Hey, wait up! I forgot my umbrella.· We have to wait up for Steve.
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They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches.
《The Jungle Book》,第34页 · B2
Wait up for me.” The hall door had hardly slammed behind our visitor before Holmes had descended the stair.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第51页 · B2
“Either his whole theory is incorrect,” I thought to myself, “or else he will be led now to the heart of the mystery.” There was no need for him to ask me to wait up for him, for I felt that sleep was impossible until I heard the result of his adventure.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第51页 · B2

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