Adjective lying in wait has 1 sense
  1. lying in wait - waiting in concealment; in ambush; "an army lying in wait in the forest"
    Antonym:
    unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
,Noun lying in wait has 1 sense
  1. ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait, trap - the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
    --1 is a kind of surprise attack, coup de main
    --1 has particulars: dry-gulching
,Verb lie in wait has 1 sense
  1. ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait - wait in hiding to attack
    --1 is one way to wait
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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