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waited for the ball to drop

waited for the ball to drop is the simple past and past participle of wait for the ball to drop.

Meaning of wait for the ball to drop

Verb

wait for the ball to drop (third-person singular simple present waits for the ball to drop, present participle waiting for the ball to drop, simple past and past participle waited for the ball to drop)

  1. (idiomatic, rare) To wait in expectation of an occurrence.

Questions about waited for the ball to drop

What is waited for the ball to drop the simple past and past participle of?
Waited for the ball to drop is the simple past and past participle of wait for the ball to drop.

Words near waited for the ball to drop in the dictionary

  1. waited and saw
  2. waited and seen
  3. waited around
  4. waited for
  5. waited for Godot
  6. waited for the ball to drop
  7. waited for the cat to jump
  8. waited for the other shoe to drop
  9. waited in the wings
  10. waited on
  11. waited on hand, foot and finger

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