lie in wait

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lie in wait (for someone or something)

Fig. to stay still and hidden, waiting for someone or something. Bob was lying in wait for Anne so he could scold her about something. The assassin lay in wait for his target to approach.

See also: lie, wait

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These are obliged to proceed in armed caravans, and are subject to murderous attacks from bands of Pawnees, Camanches, and Blackfeet, that come scouring upon them in their weary march across the plains, or lie in wait for them among the passes of the mountains. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context It is strange how long some men will lie in wait to speak somewhat they desire to say; and how far about they will fetch; and how many other matters they will beat over, to come near it. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context I might be walking down the track to the water-tank to lie in wait for a passing freight-train, when I would chance upon a bunch of "alki-stiffs. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context			lick up lick wounds lickety-split licking lid lid on lie lie about lie ahead of lie alongside lie around lie at anchor lie at death's door lie back lie behind lie beyond lie doggo lie down lie down on lie down on the job lie down under lie fallow lie in lie in ruins lie in state lie in wait lie like a rug lie low lie out lie through teeth lie to lie with lie within life life after life and limb Life begins at forty life in the fast lane life in the raw life is cheap life is in hands Life is just a bowl of cherries Life is short and time is swift Life is too short Life isn't all beer and skittles life of the party Life's been good life's too short lifetime lift lift a finger			lie detectors lie doggo lie dormant lie down lie down lie down lie down lie down Lie Down and Be Counted Lie Down and Workout lie down on lie down on the job lie down under lie fallow Lie group Lie groups lie heavy on lie heavy on lie heavy on lie heavy on lie hidden lie in lie in lie in lie in lie in Lie in Our Graves lie in ruins Lie in state lie in store lie in wait lie in wait for lie like a rug lie low lie low lie low lie near lie near to lie next to Lie of the Day lie off lie on someone lie out lie over lie over Lie subalgebra lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie to lie to lie to lie to lie to Lie to Me

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