Phrasal verbs starting with "wait"

To stay in a place doing nothing while waiting for someone or something, often with a sense of impatience or wasted time.

To stay in a place or delay action until a person, event, or thing arrives or occurs.

To serve someone (e.g., in a restaurant); or, in informal American English, to wait for someone or something.

To wait patiently until a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant period or situation comes to an end.

To delay going to bed in order to wait for someone; or to ask someone to slow down or pause so you can catch up.

To formally attend to or serve someone, especially in an official or deferential capacity; also, to formally visit someone.