WAYLAY


Meaning of WAYLAY in English

v. 25B6; verb

we were waylaid and robbed : AMBUSH, hold up, attack, assail, rob; informal mug, stick up.

several people waylaid her to chat : ACCOST, detain, intercept, take aside, pounce on, importune; informal buttonhole.

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