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W5
Alternative form of W⁵
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wack out
To become deranged.
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WAD
Acronym of works as designed.
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wade in
To interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.
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wade through
To do a boring, repetitive research task.
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waft off
To shoo by wafting with the hands.
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wag the dog
To divert negative political attention by use of a military operation.
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wage war
A figurative allusion to pay discrepancies.
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WAI
Initialism of Web Accessibility Initiative
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wail on
To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
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wail on
To beat heavily on anything.
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wait for
To wait until the specified event occurs.
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wait for
To await the arrival of.
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wait for it
Used to draw attention to and build suspense, often ironically, for a remark to come.
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wait for the ball to drop
To wait in expectation of an occurrence.
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wait for the other shoe to drop
To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one which is not desirable.
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wait for the other shoe to drop
To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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wait in the wings
to be about to become important or central
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wait on
To wait for an event.
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wait on
To wait for a person to do something.
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wait on
To serve someone.
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wait on
To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.
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wait on
To follow, as a consequence; to await.
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wait on
To attend to; to perform.
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wait on
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.
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wait on hand and foot
To attend to every need, to the point of excess.
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wait on hand, foot and finger
Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
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wait on someone hand and foot
To attend to every need, to the point of excess.
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wait on someone hand, foot and finger
Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
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wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
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wait out
To wait through (something); wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.
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wait up
To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
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wait up
Wait.
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wait upon
To wait on; to serve.
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wait upon hand and foot
Alternative form of wait on hand and foot.
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Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Awaiting for a seemingly inevitable event, waiting for something bad to happen
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waiting game
A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.
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wake up
To awaken.
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wake up
To awaken somebody.
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wake up
To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
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wake up and die right
get a grip
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wake up and smell the ashes
Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee
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wake up and smell the coffee
To face reality and stop deluding oneself.
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wake up on the wrong side of bed
To feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed.
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walk a mile in someone's shoes
To experience what someone has experienced.
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walk a tightrope
To undertake a precarious course of action.
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walk all over
Used other than as an idiom: see walk, all, over.
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walk all over
To dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role.
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walk all over
To easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.
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walk and chew gum at the same time
To do something very easy.
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