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Wait upon

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wait upon"

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WordDefinition
wait onverb(colloquial) To wait for (a person).
awaitverb(transitive, formal) To wait for.
wait forverbTo await the arrival of.
attendverbSenses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
expectverb(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
wait outverb(idiomatic, transitive) To wait through (something): wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
waitverb(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
keepverb(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
hang uponverb(idiomatic) To depend upon.
stayverb(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
abideverbUsed in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
watchnounA portable or wearable timepiece.
tendverb(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
bidenounA surname.
count uponverbSynonym of count on.
hang onverb(chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
longHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.
holdnounA grasp or grip.
stay tunedverb(idiomatic, by extension, often as imperative) To wait or remain alert (for new developments or for further information).
attend toverbTo diligently work on; to pay attention to.

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