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| ⇒ lie in wait for; lay for | |||
| затаиться, подстерегая жертву, добычу (He was lying in wait. ART Vancouver); быть в засаде; находиться в засаде; залечь (притаиться В.И.Макаров); залегать; залечь (Andrey Truhachev); поджидать (This person was hiding behind a wall, as if he were lying in wait for someone Taras); подстерегать (Taras); устроить засаду | |||
| притаиться (When I'm walking alone at night, I'm always worried that attackers are just lying in wait in the shadows. 4uzhoj); выжидать (The opposition was quietly lying in wait for the incumbent to make his first big mistake. • Agents for the anti-money sector have lain in wait for months to see if the corporation would fall for their new sting operation. 4uzhoj) | |||
| выжидать в засаде; лежать в засаде (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
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lie in wait : 27 phrases in 7 subjects |
| Fish farming pisciculture | 1 |
| General | 16 |
| Informal | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 |
| Military | 3 |
| Obsolete / dated | 2 |
| Uncommon / rare | 2 |