wait out

verb

waited out; waiting out; waits out

transitive verb

: to await an end to

wait the storm out

Examples of wait out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And then Jack Anderson, who was promoted Tuesday after getting claimed off waivers from Boston on July 11, waited out a replay challenge and stranded a pair of runners to convert his first big-league save. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 July 2026

Makdisi and her husband carefully make their way home to wait out the danger with their children. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Illnesses from the parasite are assumed to be an undercount since many people who get cyclosporiasis, which causes unrelenting diarrhea, cramping and bloating, may be embarrassed to see a doctor or may try to wait out their symptoms at home. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

On the higher end, a saver would collect a little more than $2,000 in interest for essentially doing nothing but waiting out the term — money that would otherwise sit idle in a low- or no-interest account. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wait out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout