WAIT AROUND


Meaning of WAIT AROUND in English

wait around ( also wait about British English ) phrasal verb ( see also ↑ wait )

to stay in the same place and do nothing while you are waiting for something to happen, someone to arrive etc:

Movie-making involves acting for ten minutes and then waiting around for two hours.

We’d better be going. We can’t wait about like this any longer.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.