Lay wait for In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "lay wait for", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zelda Thuong calendar 2021-07-03 11:07

Meaning of Lay wait for

Lay wait for verb phrase

When someone/something lays wait for, he/she/it is hiding to prepare for a surprise attack, ambush.

The tiger is laying wait for the deer. He has had nothing in his stomach for all day, so he is starving.

The Vietnamese troops were very skillful and clever to use leaves to camouflage and then laid wait for their enemies.

I knew my sister was laying wait for me behind the door to scare me, so I just pretended to be frighten when she jumped out.

Other phrases about:

cat in the meal-tub

A sudden attack; a hidden danger

dry gulch one

If you say you dry gulch one, you mean that you hide and wait for him and then make a sudden attack.

Grammar and Usage of Lay wait for

Verb Forms

  • laid wait for
  • lays wait for
  • (to be) laying wait for

This phrase should be conjugated according to its Subject and Tense.

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