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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Unlike at many restaurants in this busy beach town, residents and tourists will happily wait in line for a table here.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
There's no one with significant recent closing experience waiting in the wings to replace him, either.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
An argument in the checkout line at Publix escalated to felony assault when a man waited in the parking lot to attack a couple with bug spray, according to investigators in Florida.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Darkness was a recurring theme with a jump scare waiting in almost every one of the shadows.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
There's no one with significant recent closing experience waiting in the wings to replace him, either.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
An argument in the checkout line at Publix escalated to felony assault when a man waited in the parking lot to attack a couple with bug spray, according to investigators in Florida.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Darkness was a recurring theme with a jump scare waiting in almost every one of the shadows.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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