wait out
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Delay until the end of something, as in They waited out the war in Paris. This expression comes from baseball, where it alludes to the batter refraining from swinging at pitches in the hope of being walked (getting to first base on balls). It was first recorded in 1909 and was transferred to other activities by the 1930s.
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waiting period, waiting room, waitlist, wait on, wait on hand and foot, wait out, waitperson, waitress, waitressing, waitron, waitstaff
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