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lie in wait

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  • verb To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb wait in hiding to attack

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synonyms (36)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abide
  2. ambuscade
  3. ambush
  4. await
  5. bide
  6. couch
  7. creep
  8. gumshoe
  9. lay for
  10. lay wait
  11. lay wait for
  12. lie in ambush
  13. lurk
  14. mark time
  15. nightwalk
  16. prowl
  17. pussyfoot
  18. shadow
  19. sit up for
  20. skulk
  21. slink
  22. sneak
  23. stalk
  24. stay up for
  25. steal
  26. sweat
  27. sweat it out
  28. sweat out
  29. tiptoe
  30. wait
  31. wait for
  32. wait on
  33. wait up for
  34. watch
  35. watch and wait
  36. waylay

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. wait

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