wait in

phrasal verb

waited in; waiting in; waits in
British
: to stay at home and wait for someone or something to arrive
I can't go out. I've got to wait in for a delivery.

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Videos taken outside the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday shows travelers waiting in lines extending to the highway. Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 July 2025 People, including children, were waiting in line to collect water when the camp was struck, according to hospital personnel. ABC News, 13 July 2025 Outside an evangelical church on the outskirts of Tampa, Fla., half a dozen immigrant families wait in the sweltering Sunday heat. Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 12 July 2025 In January 2005, a 31-year-old Horner waited in the car park of the team’s factory while the former Jaguar F1 boss was being dismissed, before being introduced to the workforce as the youngest team principal in F1 history upon the rebrand to Red Bull Racing. Luke Smith, New York Times, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wait in

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“Wait in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20in. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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