wait tables

phrase

US

: to serve food or drinks as a waiter or waitress

She has a job waiting tables.

Examples of wait tables in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The turnout kept the small restaurant busy throughout the day, even prompting one of Henry's grandmothers to jump in and help wait tables. — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

His sister, Oriana, manages the front-of-house, and two grandchildren wait tables in the reflection of the dining room’s angled mirrors and dark wood bar. — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025

Over the last 20 years, Samantha León has worked as a hostess, a cashier and has helped wait tables in Las Vegas. — Juliana Jiménez J., NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024

In 2019, Reneé Rapp was one of them — a 19-year-old unknown from North Carolina ready to join the legions of aspiring performers willing to live in an overpriced closet or wait tables while chasing their big break. — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023

Four volunteers from the institute would wait tables for forty-odd attendees—clients of the center, plus a few researchers and clinicians, who were eager to see patients away from the formality of a medical office. — Peggy Orenstein, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023

With the economy reopened, businesses are now struggling to find workers to wait tables, manage offices and do other jobs that are essential for small and medium-size businesses. — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023

The grandmother Rosa handles the cash, the father Ambroise cooks, the twins Vadim and Antigone wait tables. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023

Rhymes for wait tables

• disables
• enables
• timetables
• turntables
• cables
• fables
• gables
• labels
• sables
• stables