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to wait around
[phrase form: wait]
01
to remain in one spot with nothing to do, expecting something to happen
Intransitive
Transitive: to wait around a place
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
around
Base verb
wait
Present tense
wait around
3rd person singular
waits around
Present participle
waiting around
Past simple
waited around
Past participle
waited around
Examples
We waited around for hours at the bus stop due to the delayed schedule.
