wait up
wait
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/wˈeÉĒt ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "wait up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to wait up
[phrase form: wait]
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āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stay awake and wait for someone to come
to wait up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the tiredness, they waited up for their sibling's safe return.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϝ⧇āĻ“ āύāĻž

used to ask someone to stop or slow down, often because one wants to talk to them or accompany them to a destination
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kids ran ahead, leaving their parents behind. The father shouted, " Wait up, we need to stick together! "
āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ, "āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ!"
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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