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View synonyms for

wait on

verb

  1. to serve at the table of
  2. to act as an attendant or servant to
  3. archaic.
    to visit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. stop! hold on!
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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On the afternoon of May 18, 1926, Aimee went for a swim at Venice Beach while her secretary waited on shore.

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It's very painful, but I'm waiting on surgery, and it means I'm never going to be able to walk again.

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Video apparently taken from the terminal shows passengers waiting on the tarmac with emergency vehicles parked next to the aircraft.

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I have to wait on how the club sees things and take it from there.

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Several other people waited in line, including Camilla Sosa, 68, who said she waited on hold over the phone for about two hours on Friday.

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