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waits in the wings

waits in the wings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wait in the wings.

Meaning of wait in the wings

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be about to become important or central.
    • Theire ^([sic]) is something obscene about a person spending $40 a seat to be told that redemtion ^([sic]) is a spaceship and that "god" is waiting in the wings to forgive the sins of the flesh.1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17

Questions about waits in the wings

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

Words near waits in the wings in the dictionary

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

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