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  3. Lie-in-wait Definition

Lie-in-wait Definition

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verb

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

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Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • waylay
  • bushwhack
  • scupper
  • ambush
  • ambuscade
  • lurk
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Lie-in-wait Is Also Mentioned In

  • know-which-side-one-s-bread-is-buttered-on
  • nestle
  • fanfold paper
  • waylay
  • dead center
  • underlie
  • forelie
  • extreme point
  • frontal1
  • worsted
  • plane geometry
  • direct-product

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Words Starting With

LLILIE

Words Ending With

TITAIT

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lie-in-wait

Words Starting With L and Ending With T

Starts With L & Ends With TStarts With LI & Ends With TStarts With L & Ends With IT

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With L11 Letter Words Ending With T

Words Near Lie-in-wait in the Dictionary

  • lie ill in one's mouth
  • lie in one's throat
  • lie in the bed one has made
  • lie in the way
  • lie like a cheap rug
  • lie like a cheap watch
  • lie-in
  • lie-in-wait
  • lie-low
  • lieing
  • liek
  • liement
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