wait around
To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival…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.
» Please wait around for a while.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)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.
Examples
21 sentencesPlease wait around for a while.
I can't afford to wait around.
We've waited around here long enough.
Why don't we wait around for Tom?
I can't afford to wait around for Tom.
ruЯ не могу себе позволить ждать Тома. — sharptoothed
Forms
waits around, waiting around, waited around, waited around| Base form | wait around · to wait around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | waits around |
| Present participle | waiting around |
| Past simple | waited around |
| Past participle | waited around |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- wait onслужити, обслуговуватиTo provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
- wait forутримувати, триматиTo wait until the specified event occurs.
- wait upTo stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
- wait outTo wait through (something): wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
- wait aroundTo 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.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb