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waits around

waits around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 waits around

What is waits around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Waits around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wait around.

Words near waits around in the dictionary

  1. Waitrose effect
  2. Waitrosey
  3. waits
  4. waits a minute
  5. waits and sees
  6. waits around
  7. waits for
  8. waits for Godot
  9. waits for the ball to drop
  10. waits for the cat to jump
  11. waits for the other shoe to drop

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