leave
verb [T] (WAIT) /liːv/ (left, left)Definition
C2 If you leave (doing) something, you wait before you do it: I'll leave these letters till Monday (= write them on Monday). Don't leave it too late (= don't wait too long to do it). [+ -ing verb] They left booking their holiday till/to the last minute.WaitingStaying and remaining
(Definition of leave verb (WAIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- await verb
- hang around (somewhere) phrasal verb
- hang on phrasal verb (WAIT)
- hold off phrasal verb (NOT DO)
- hold out for sth phrasal verb
- hover verb
- mill around phrasal verb
- queue verb
- ready adjective (PREPARED)
- sit back phrasal verb (WAITING)
- sit sth out phrasal verb (SITUATION)
- stand by phrasal verb (BE READY)
- stand verb (PLACE)
- wait for sb/sth phrasal verb
- wait in phrasal verb
- wait on sth phrasal verb
- wait sth out phrasal verb
- wait up phrasal verb
- wait your turn idiom
- waiting room noun
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