Adjective lying in wait has 1 sense
- lying in wait - waiting in concealment; in ambush; "an army lying in wait in the forest"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
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Noun lying in wait has 1 sense
- 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
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Verb lie in wait has 1 sense
- 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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