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lie in wait

vb. To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

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lie in wait

v. wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade]

Usage examples of "lie in wait".

The walk across the lawn to the main house, and the wing she and Dave lived in, gave her a chance to organize her thoughts for the work that did indeed lie in wait on her desk.

My spies within his retinue have told me that he has managed to obtain access to a secret passage to your husband's private study where he will be able to lie in wait for him after tonight's reception.

Gaols yawn and actions for assault lie in wait for those who go about the place busting their fellows on the jaw.

Walker might have had Bad Penny transported to the bar, to lie in wait for me.

There, says legend, armed folk of Cotrone used to lie in wait to attack the corsairs who occasionally landed for water.