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wait up

verb

  1. to delay going to bed in order to await some event
  2. informal.
    to halt and pause in order that another person may catch up
“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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Patients who believe they were harmed by a disgraced brain surgeon will have to wait up to two years to find out whether he will face criminal charges.

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A host of hospital building projects in England are being delayed with some having to wait up to 14 years before work starts, the government says.

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It says some patients can wait up to five years for specialist support, and that some services are so overstretched they have closed their waiting lists entirely.

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Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for Newsom, said that in the event of a financial crisis the measure would require government to wait up to two years for the next ballot to raise taxes, “potentially putting lives and our economy at risk.”

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“Not if this rain continues. They’ll wait up for you at home.”

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