Idiom
wait around
Meaning
To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not want to wait around for the bus.”
“We had to wait around for three hours because the flight was delayed.”
“Rather than wait around for an opportunity to present itself, she took the initiative to create her own path toward success.”
Examples
simple
“I do not want to wait around for the bus.”
contextual
“We had to wait around for three hours because the flight was delayed.”
complex
“Rather than wait around for an opportunity to present itself, she took the initiative to create her own path toward success.”
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