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

Sox fans are still waiting on Munetaka Murakami, the Japanese star whose slugging was going to make the fireworks budget increase exponentially, to start hitting with some regularity. —Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

The state is still waiting on results for bacteria that cause staph and campylobacter. —Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Placerville is one of hundreds of communities around the country waiting on a growing backlog at FEMA. —Lauren Sommer, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026

Don't wait on this deal, get on it now! —George Yang, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026

In Hawaii, people waited on the phone for more than three hours in December. —Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026

During the blackout, first responders and city workers could not move the vehicles without help from the companies — which meant waiting on hold for an offshore call center to remotely move the vehicle or grant instructions for the first responder to do so. —Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

The players could be good and the runs intense, but if there are 30 people waiting on one court, that’s a no-go. —Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

Her friends were waiting on the sidewalk, smiling and holding hands. —Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for wait on

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