wait out

verb

waited out; waiting out; waits out

transitive verb

: to await an end to
wait the storm out

Examples of wait out in a Sentence

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Putin will likely still have the resources to sustain his brutal campaign in Ukraine—and perhaps the incentive to wait out the West. Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025 These include establishing a border wall and bringing back his Remain in Mexico policy (formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols), which requires asylum seekers at the southern border to wait out their cases outside of the U.S. Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025 The Avs are good but won’t be elite while they’re stuck waiting out Gabe and Val. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025 What makes more sense for TikTok users is to wait out the ban. John Brandon, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wait out 

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wait out was in 1849

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“Wait out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait%20out. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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