WAIT AROUND


Meaning of WAIT AROUND in English

If you ~ or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives. (in BRIT, also use wait about )

The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike...

I waited around to speak to the doctor.

...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport.

PHRASAL VERB: V P for n, V P to-inf, V P

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