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wait out
Delay until the end of something, as in They waited out the war in Paris. This expression comes from baseball, where it alludes to the batter refraining from swinging at pitches in the hope of being walked (getting to first base on balls). It was first recorded in 1909 and was transferred to other activities by the 1930s.
Example Sentences
He said sheriff’s deputies at about 1 p.m. asked him to leave his house, and he decamped to the Cactus Bar to wait out the search.
That way, you might be able to wait out price spikes.
With the Trump administration slashing budgets and threatening to revoke tax-exempt status for nonprofits, some Southern California social justice organizations have gone into a defensive crouch, hoping to wait out the passing storm.
It’s tempting to wait out the afternoon heat in this clandestine watering hole, evidenced by the long line of festivalgoers waiting for more people to leave so they can finally make their way in.
The president, it seems, is willing to wait out the tempest created by his tariff plan.
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