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waiting for Godot

waiting for Godot is the present participle and gerund of wait for Godot.

Meaning of wait for Godot

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To wait hopelessly.
    • But waiting for the connection between gender and parenting to be broken is waiting for Godot; pretending that children have no impact on a woman's career is turning the exception into the rule.2000, Susan Estrich, Sex and Power, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 96

Questions about waiting for Godot

What is waiting for Godot the present participle and gerund of?
Waiting for Godot is the present participle and gerund of wait for Godot.

Words near waiting for Godot in the dictionary

  1. waiting a minute
  2. waiting and seeing
  3. waiting area
  4. waiting around
  5. waiting for
  6. waiting for Godot
  7. waiting for the ball to drop
  8. waiting for the cat to jump
  9. waiting for the other shoe to drop
  10. waiting game
  11. waiting games

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