wait in
phrasal verb
waited in; waiting in; waits in
British
: to stay at home and wait for someone or something to arrive
I can't go out. I've got to wait in for a delivery.
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Parents who lost their children still see the officers who waited in the hallway at the grocery store.
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Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
That morning, a water truck from an aid organization had arrived, and most of the students had been busy waiting in line and hauling jerricans back to their tents.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump had just survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a crowd waited in Milwaukee to receive him as their nominee.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine became available, families waited in long lines for hours to receive it, hoping to prevent their children from having to experience paralysis or life in an iron lung.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
That morning, a water truck from an aid organization had arrived, and most of the students had been busy waiting in line and hauling jerricans back to their tents.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump had just survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a crowd waited in Milwaukee to receive him as their nominee.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine became available, families waited in long lines for hours to receive it, hoping to prevent their children from having to experience paralysis or life in an iron lung.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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