wait around
Verb
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Verb
- (intransitive, 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.
- 1911, Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, ch. 6:
- Denis made an ineffectual search in the obscurer corners of the store. "Looks as if we were all sold out. But if you'll wait around till the old man comes along maybe he can put his hand on it."
- 1960 October 31, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938665,00.html United Nations: Last Words]," Time (retrieved 18 Feb 2020):
- "A terrible organization!" said Nikita Khrushchev, all but shuddering at the memory. "If you could see how the delegates behave! […] . They do not participate in work, but just sit there and wait around in case there's any voting."
- 1993 November 14, William Glaberson, "Waiting for The Post to Call ↗," New York Times (retrieved 18 Feb 2020):
- "In the beginning, I was waiting around by the phone," he said. "Then I got myself an answering machine."
- 2007 September 21 , Charlotte Chandler, "Great interviews of the 20th century (Mae West, 1979) ↗," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 18 Feb 2020):
- "Too many women wait around depending on men to bring them happiness. I didn't depend on men for mine."
- 1911, Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, ch. 6:
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