wait-up

Verb

(third-person singular simple present waits up, present participle waiting up, simple past and past participle waited up)

To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.
(colloquial, often used in the imperative, US) To wait.
Hey, wait up! I forgot my umbrella.

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