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your chariot awaits

your chariot awaits phrase: used to inform someone that the vehicle in which they will be traveling is ready and waiting.

Phrase

your chariot awaits

  1. (humorous, sarcastic) Used to inform someone that the vehicle in which they will be traveling is ready and waiting.
    • Roland, who was holding the dinghy painter, agreed with him. "It's right, Frank," he said. "You know he can never resist a boating trip. O.K., Dick, your chariot awaits."1957, Frank Evans, The Voyage of the "Petula", page 89
    • "Come, Mrs. Taylor," he said, "your chariot awaits. This time you are going to get up on the cart all by yourself."1972, Marjorie Hayen Taylor, Broken Heart, Mended, page 49

Examples of your chariot awaits in a sentence

  • "Young knight, your chariot awaits," he announced, as a long silver limousine rolled to a stop in front of them.1987, Betty Henrichs, Casanova's Downfall, page 61:
  • Hey baby, it's me, I am in the parking lot of your building, your chariot awaits baby.2009, T. Louise, Right Here, Right Now, page 45:

Origin of your chariot awaits

Purportedly from a Welsh hymn, cited and translated in 1866 by English sermonizer Charles Spurgeon.

Questions about your chariot awaits

What does your chariot awaits mean?
Your chariot awaits means used to inform someone that the vehicle in which they will be traveling is ready and waiting.
How do you use your chariot awaits in a sentence?
"Young knight, your chariot awaits," he announced, as a long silver limousine rolled to a stop in front of them.
What part of speech is your chariot awaits?
Your chariot awaits is a phrase.

Words near your chariot awaits in the dictionary

  1. your barn door is open
  2. your blood's worth bottling
  3. your boy
  4. Your Britannic Majesties
  5. Your Britannic Majesty
  6. your chariot awaits
  7. Your Dukeness
  8. Your Excellencies
  9. Your Excellency
  10. your face, your fate
  11. your girl

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