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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People wait in line for T-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an initial public offering earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Godbout and her two friends waited in the merchandise line for more than an hour.
—Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025
For more than a year, the Perry family waited in agony for answers.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 June 2025
Two people were pinned to the ground and arrested by ICE agents who were waiting in the hallways outside federal immigration courtrooms as a blitz of migrant arrests at courthouses continued in lower Manhattan Friday.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Godbout and her two friends waited in the merchandise line for more than an hour.
—Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025
For more than a year, the Perry family waited in agony for answers.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 June 2025
Two people were pinned to the ground and arrested by ICE agents who were waiting in the hallways outside federal immigration courtrooms as a blitz of migrant arrests at courthouses continued in lower Manhattan Friday.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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