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Musicgold Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Wait out
Hi,
What is the difference between these sentences?
1. He is probably waiting out John.
2. He is probably waiting out for John.
Thanks,
MG.
What is the difference between these sentences?
1. He is probably waiting out John.
2. He is probably waiting out for John.
Thanks,
MG.
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He is waiting for John [ John hasn't arrived yet]. The use of wait out that I know is to wait until something is over. ]
- He is waiting for John [ John hasn't arrived yet].
- The use of wait out that I know is to wait until something is over.
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He is waiting for John [ John hasn't arrived yet].
The use of wait out that I know is to wait until something is over. [After his injury, Frank just waited out the war in the hospital and then went home.]
The use of wait out that I know is to wait until something is over. [After his injury, Frank just waited out the war in the hospital and then went home.]
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Hi,
1. He is probably waiting out John.
Idiomatically, 'to wait someone out' means 'to wait until they do something', usually in a situation where the other person is waiting as well.
eg I'm a soldier. I'm fighting another soldier.
We both take cover. I know that the first one to move will get shot.
I decide to wait the othe
1. He is probably waiting out John.
Idiomatically, 'to wait someone out' means 'to wait until they do something', usually in a situation where the other person is waiting as well.
eg I'm a soldier. I'm fighting another soldier.
We both take cover. I know that the first one to move will get shot.
I decide to wait the othe
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Musicgold 1. He is probably waiting out John.I always associate this with a short item in the Readers' Digest in the forties: A foreign gentleman was surprised when a lady sat down beside him in a public two-holer in Paris. He out-waited her.
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In some restaurants, the service is so slow that I have the feeling that the wait staff have a contest going on to see which one of them can out-wait the others.
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