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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Reliance Industries, the owners of Mumbai Indians, have also acquired 49 per cent of Oval Invincibles, with other groups waiting in the wings.
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Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Southerners have waited in vain for the 1964 promise to be kept.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
And the member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors will serve as a crucial vote in setting the central bank’s interest rates and possibly as a shadow Fed chair waiting in the wings to take the top job in May.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
And because there are scores of such bills waiting in the queue, such debates could threaten the future of those bills and other far-reaching measures in the five weeks remaining before the 2025 regular session ends June 2.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Southerners have waited in vain for the 1964 promise to be kept.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
And the member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors will serve as a crucial vote in setting the central bank’s interest rates and possibly as a shadow Fed chair waiting in the wings to take the top job in May.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
And because there are scores of such bills waiting in the queue, such debates could threaten the future of those bills and other far-reaching measures in the five weeks remaining before the 2025 regular session ends June 2.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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