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

That could be especially useful for tasks that take several steps or require waiting on someone else. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

New York Times writer Eli Tan used it to call his dental insurer and wait on hold for a human representative to come on. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Rather than waiting on a single large installation or a utility interconnection timeline, capacity is added container by container as each phase of production comes online. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Co-founder Tucker Trotter was no doubt waiting on pins and needles for his immersive creation, like Meow Wolf but cinema-themed, to be received by the community. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for wait on

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