wait
/weɪt/ interjection C2- Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification. · - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A WIDOW who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her.
The owner did not wait for a second invitation.
“Let us go the same way; we will stop at La Réserve, and we can drink a glass of La Malgue, whilst we wait for news.”
These people had nothing to do but talk to each other, but they always came to wait outside the Throne Room every morning, although they were never permitted to see Oz.
Other matches
- wait To delay movement or action until some event or... A1
- wait A delay. B2
- wait The last tile a player requires to complete a w... C2
- wait around To spend an especially lengthy period of time i...
- wait on To provide a service to
- wait out To wait through
- wait up To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
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