Meaning of lie in wait | Babel Free

Definitions

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

intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Nothing impressed me, so much, in my visits here (which were pretty numerous) as the uncommonly hard and cruel character of the audience, who resent the slightest defect, take nothing good-humouredly, seem to be always lying in wait for an opportunity to hiss, and spare the actresses as little as the actors.”

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