lay wait for

lay wait for

To hide in preparation for making an ambush or attack. I'm laying wait for my little brother, so I can jump out and scare him when he gets home! Officer, I think the robber just laid wait for us outside the club.
See also: lay, wait
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dry-gulch
  • dry-gulch (one)
  • gulch
  • cat in the meal-tub
  • lay a charge
  • lay someone out
  • lay something out
  • lie out
  • lay for (someone or something)
  • what's all this
References in periodicals archive
It's not clear whether Mai then lay wait for his wife knew the extent of their problems, but she certainly didn't have a clue about how Robert planned to 'fix' it all.
MONSTROUS: the father who murdered his three children for money; Richard Hodges spent a year working out how to fix his financial problems, and his plan was horrific
During a normal year in December, water levels in the freshwater canals and lakes in South Florida and in the Everglades are on the fall, water temperatures are hovering around 60 to 70 degrees and largemouth bass are concentrating around cuts, bridge pilings and culverts in the local canals and lakes as they lay wait for easy prey.
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