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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Baby boomers waited in line to snag the Apple II computer back in 1977; by 2001, millennials were flooding their music collections onto the iPod classic; and all throughout the 2010s, Gen Zers were gifted their first iPhones.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
The production visited facilities in El Paso where migrant families wait in limbo, uncertain of their futures.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
The cast member will ask about access needs and any challenges with extended waits in conventional queues.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Food Assistance Shrinks as Need Surges On a sunny fall morning, Brittany Mays waited in her car outside an east Charlotte church that doubled as a mobile distribution site for Nourish Up.
—Jim Morrill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
The production visited facilities in El Paso where migrant families wait in limbo, uncertain of their futures.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
The cast member will ask about access needs and any challenges with extended waits in conventional queues.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
Food Assistance Shrinks as Need Surges On a sunny fall morning, Brittany Mays waited in her car outside an east Charlotte church that doubled as a mobile distribution site for Nourish Up.
—Jim Morrill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wait in
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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