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wait on

verb

Meaning

  • To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

    "Is someone waiting on you yet?"

  • To wait for (a person).

    "I'm waiting on you before we can leave."

  • To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).

    "I'm waiting on the light to change."

  • To be in store for (someone).

  • To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony.

  • To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something).

  • To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.).

  • (of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.

Synonyms

attend,
call on,
attend to,
attend to,
await