wait around

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Synonyms: bat around, walk around, waltz around, cast around, sit around, fart around, went around, lain around, wrapt around, sat around, tart around

Antonyms: bat around, walk around, waltz around, cast around, sit around, fart around, went around, lain around, wrapt around, sat around, tart around

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|idiomatic}} To spend an especially lengthy period of time [[inactive]]ly, while [[expect]]ing the arrival of someone or while [[anticipate|anticipating]] some other event, often [[impatient]]ly and often without a satisfactory outcome.

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