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wait around

/weɪt əˈraʊnd/

Translations

wait aroundverb

waited around

Past Simple

waited around

Past Participle

waiting around

Gerund

/weɪt əˈraʊnd/

I don't want to wait around all day for him to show up.

Я не хочу слоняться весь день в ожидании, когда он появится.

They were just waiting around outside the store.

Они просто ошивались снаружи магазина.

Additional translations

Synonyms

hang around

wait aroundverb

To remain in a place doing very little while waiting for something to happen or someone to arrive.

I had to wait around for an hour before the meeting started.