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wait on

verb

  1. to serve at the table of
  2. to act as an attendant or servant to
  3. archaic.
    to visit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. stop! hold on!
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"I have hope that he's alive, even if it's a small chance," said Nan Sin Hein, 41, who's been waiting on the street opposite a collapsed five-storey building, day and night for five days.

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But Fear, 25, and Gibson, 30, finally ended that wait on Saturday with a total score of 207.11 points, having finished fourth at the previous two World Championships.

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It’s a game of mistakes, Guerra tells his students — you’re waiting on your opponent to misfire a ball in a way that allows you to make a shot they can’t return.

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Goldberg said he waited on the news from Yemen to confirm that the chat, hosted well outside of established security protocols for government officials, was legitimate.

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Passengers had boarded the plane on Thursday, she said, but were then left waiting on the tarmac.

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