Definition of Lie in wait

1. Verb. Wait in hiding to attack.

Exact synonyms: Ambuscade, Ambush, Bushwhack, Lurk, Scupper, Waylay
Generic synonyms: Wait
Derivative terms: Ambuscade, Ambush, Ambusher, Bushwhacker, Lurker

Definition of Lie in wait

1. Verb. To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lie In Wait

lie-in
lie about
lie around
lie awake
lie back
lie before
lie detection
lie detector
lie detectors
lie doggo
lie dormant
lie down
lie in
lie in wait (current term)
lie low
lie of the land
lie off
lie through one's teeth
lie to
lie upon
liebauite
liebenbergite
lieberkuhn
lieberkuhn's glands
liebfraumilch
liebfraumilchs
liebigite

Literary usage of Lie in wait

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... to be awake (above), ^f Also used in the phr. to lie in wait. waken, to awake. (E.) Now usually transitive, but orig. intransitive only, ..."

2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... crossing—"Misfortunes never come Single"—Crossing of the Buffalo— Flight of onr Animals—Peculiarities of the Buffalo—lie in wait for a Drove coming over ..."

3. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"6. to lie in wait for blood: 6. whiles they He in wait : KAL. ... 8: 2. lay thee on ambush for the city 4. ye shall lie in wait 12. set them to lie in ..."

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