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

While Trump has threatened to fire Powell throughout his tenure despite the legal limits on doing so, most analysts expect the president to wait out the remainder of the Fed chair’s term, which expires in February. —Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 25 June 2025

The stockpile is enough to buy China some time to wait out whatever happens over the next few weeks in the Middle East. —Emily Feng, NPR, 24 June 2025

Her 29-year-old son Ariel, who moved to Tel Aviv a year and a half ago, is adjusting to 30-minute sleep intervals as sirens go off at an almost hourly rate, forcing Israelis to wake up, find shelter and wait out the alerts multiple times a night. —Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025

President Claudia Sheinbaum during her daily news briefing warned residents in the hurricane’s path to heed government instructions and wait out the storm in their homes or government shelters. —Luis Alberto Cruz, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025

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