wait out
Example Sentences
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One of her sons living abroad persuaded her to leave to wait out the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
“We would prefer to wait out the near-term negatives.”
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
They migrate thousands of kilometres to find stable sea ice during Antarctic summer to wait out what is called a "catastrophic moult" every year.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
She wanted to ask him to come in and wait out the downpour, but at the same time she found herself actually a little scared of being alone inside with him.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
