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waited around

waited around is the simple past and past participle of wait around.

Meaning of wait around

Verb

wait around (third-person singular simple present waits around, present participle waiting around, simple past and past participle waited around)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.
    • Looks as if we were all sold out. But if you'll wait around till the old man comes along maybe he can put his hand on it.1911 October, Edith Wharton, chapter VI, in Ethan Frome (The Scribner Library; SL8), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 110

Questions about waited around

What is waited around the simple past and past participle of?
Waited around is the simple past and past participle of wait around.

Words near waited around in the dictionary

  1. waite
  2. waited
  3. waited a minute
  4. waited and saw
  5. waited and seen
  6. waited around
  7. waited for
  8. waited for Godot
  9. waited for the ball to drop
  10. waited for the cat to jump
  11. waited for the other shoe to drop

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