wait up
English
Verb
wait up (third-person singular simple present waits up, present participle waiting up, simple past and past participle waited up)
- To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
- 1980, Joe Garner, Never Fly Over an Eagle's Nest, page 66:
- Anyway, Dad waited up for them. It must have been about midnight when they came in.
- 2005, Kathryn E. Livingston, All About Motherhood, page 55:
- It is one a.m. on a Sunday morning and I'm waiting up for my teenage son, who was supposed to be home at midnight.
- 2008, Michael Panar, Changes[1]:
- One night, Lana came home, while her dad waited up for her.
- 2011, Catherine Greenman, Hooked, page 203:
- Dad waited up at first, but by the end of sophomore year he was always in bed.
- 2011, Susan Calder, Deadly Fall, page 99:
- My dad waited up for us, pacing all over the place.
- 1980, Joe Garner, Never Fly Over an Eagle's Nest, page 66:
- (colloquial, often used in the imperative, US) To wait.
- Hey, wait up! I forgot my umbrella.
- We have to wait up for Steve.
Translations
stay awake
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