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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Encouraged by its best-ever result, with 20% of the vote, and boosted by the boisterous support of Elon Musk and others in the Trump Administration, the AfD is waiting in the wings.
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John Kampfner, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
People wait in line and are refreshing their browsers for them.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
South Korea, Finland and other countries are waiting in the wings, eager to help America build new icebreakers.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Most people waited in their home, shocked as corpses burnt to ash lay strewn in the streets -- casualties of the looters who filled the vacuum left by Congolese soldiers earlier abandoning their posts.
—Justin Kabumba, arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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John Kampfner, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
People wait in line and are refreshing their browsers for them.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
South Korea, Finland and other countries are waiting in the wings, eager to help America build new icebreakers.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Most people waited in their home, shocked as corpses burnt to ash lay strewn in the streets -- casualties of the looters who filled the vacuum left by Congolese soldiers earlier abandoning their posts.
—Justin Kabumba, arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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