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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There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In his case, this led him to wait in Mexico for ten months before he was finally interviewed, screened, and eventually allowed in.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
In a video shared by reporter Arash Markazi after the Lakers' Game 4 elimination on Wednesday, April 20, Savannah, 38, is seen waiting in the tunnel waiting to greet her husband.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 May 2025
People wait in line outside the door to this simple Tokyo ramen shop, but upon entering some find, instead, a pawnshop like no other.
—The Know, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In his case, this led him to wait in Mexico for ten months before he was finally interviewed, screened, and eventually allowed in.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
In a video shared by reporter Arash Markazi after the Lakers' Game 4 elimination on Wednesday, April 20, Savannah, 38, is seen waiting in the tunnel waiting to greet her husband.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 May 2025
People wait in line outside the door to this simple Tokyo ramen shop, but upon entering some find, instead, a pawnshop like no other.
—The Know, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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