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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Are there any more Roosevelts or Trumans out there, waiting in the wings?
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Two of the older sisters have worked in the restaurant for decades, making the tortillas by hand day in and day out and ringing up orders for customers patiently waiting in line.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said Morgan lay in wait in his Jeep at the corner of Wortman and Alabama Aves.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
For decades, my Grandma Alice’s husband would beat her, and on the lucky days, her kids watched, waited in the wings to break them up, to shield her with the hull of their growing bodies.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Two of the older sisters have worked in the restaurant for decades, making the tortillas by hand day in and day out and ringing up orders for customers patiently waiting in line.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said Morgan lay in wait in his Jeep at the corner of Wortman and Alabama Aves.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
For decades, my Grandma Alice’s husband would beat her, and on the lucky days, her kids watched, waited in the wings to break them up, to shield her with the hull of their growing bodies.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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