WAIT FOR DEAD MAN'S SHOES

Meaning of WAIT FOR DEAD MAN'S SHOES in English

wait for someone to die in order to inherit his possessions

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOES — sapatos
English-Visayan vocabulary
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
WAIT — I. ˈwāt, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English waiten, from Old North French waitier to watch, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOES — (pl. ) of Shoe
Английский словарь Webster
SHOES — ( pl. ) of Shoe
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIT — /wayt/ , v.i. 1. to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIT — I. ˈwāt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French waiter, guaiter to watch over, await, of Germanic origin; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAIT — vi one who watches; a watchman. 2. wait ·vi ambush. 3. wait ·vi the act of waiting; a delay; a …
Webster English vocab
SHOES — pl of shoe.
Webster English vocab
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
WAIT — [wait] vb [ME, fr. ONF waitier to watch, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG wahta watch, OE waeccan to watch--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAIT — / weɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. wait (for sb/sth) to stay where you are or delay …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — I. wait 1 S1 W1 /weɪt/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: waitier …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAIT — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAIT — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAIT — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Oxford English vocab
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
WAIT — ( waits, waiting, waited) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a waiting list (= a list of people who are waiting for something ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAIT — Synonyms and related words : abide, administer to, afterthought, attend, attend on, await, ballad singer, balladeer, bard, be patient, bear …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WAIT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ endless , lengthy , long ▪ We had a long ~ to see the doctor. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAIT — See ↑ WAIT 1,2,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't wait • ↑ lie in wait • ↑ make sb wait • …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAIT — INDEX: 1. to wait 2. what you say to tell someone to wait 3. a period of time when you …
Longman Activator English vocab
MAN
Longman Activator English vocab
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAIT — n. 25B6; verb we'll wait in the airport : STAY (PUT), remain, rest, stop, halt, pause; linger, loiter, dally; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHOES — n. 1) to put on; wear ~ 2) to slip off, take off ~ 3) to break in (new) ~ …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WAIT — v. 1 tarry, linger, hold on, stay, bide (one's) time, mark time, stand by, Colloq cool (one's) heels, stick around, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHOES — hoses
Anagrams English vocabulary
WAIT — verb 1 BAD : I'm waiting a letter from my boyfriend. GOOD : I'm expecting a letter from my boyfriend. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SHOES — oxford scholar
Cocney English vocab

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