wait on

verb

variants or less commonly wait upon

waited on also waited upon; waiting on also waiting upon; waits on also waits upon

transitive verb

1

a

: to attend as a servant

b

: to supply the wants of : serve

2

: to make a formal call on

3

: to wait for

Examples of wait on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rhodes was able to finally pull the trigger and do what everyone watching WWE programming had been waiting on for nearly seven months – payback. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Women have been managing family capital and investing across public and private markets for years, and that authority is not waiting on a settlement date. — Nili Sangani, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Coinbase is waiting on Congress to finish writing the rules for cryptocurrency. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Kingsley, a career barista, had been waiting on this opportunity for years. — Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for wait on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon